vainaja

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • dead person, deceased, decedent.
  • (as headword in a compound term) late, deceased
  • (figuratively) deceased, scrapped, destroyed, ruined

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *wainagaz (woeful, pitiful).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*wainagaz

Gloss

woeful, pitiful

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