Where does “vāiaso” come from?

vāiaso (Samoan) comes from Finnish vai-, from Finnish vajaa, from Proto-Finnic vajaga — necessary, needed.

vāiaso (Samoan): week

Definitions

  1. week

Ancestry of “vāiaso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvai-—
2Finnishvajaanot full; partial, incomplete; shy; mentally...
3Proto-Finnicvajaganecessary, needed
Every word from Proto-Finnic vajaga →Every word from Finnish vajaa →Every word from Finnish vai- →