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Where does “aivo-selkäydinneste” come from?

aivo-selkäydinneste (Finnish) comes from Finnish selkäydinneste, from Finnish neste, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

aivo-selkäydinneste (Finnish): cerebrospinal fluid

Definitions

  1. cerebrospinal fluid

Ancestry of “aivo-selkäydinneste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselkäydinnestecerebrospinal fluid, spinal fluid
2Finnishnesteliquid; fluid, in certain technical terms
3Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
4Finnishhartiashoulder
5Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
6Greekχαρτίpaper
7Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
8Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
9Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines
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