Where does “aivohalvaus” come from?

aivohalvaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish halvaus, from Finnish -us, from Proto-Finnic -us — Forms some nouns from nominal stems.

aivohalvaus (Finnish): stroke

Definitions

  1. stroke

Ancestry of “aivohalvaus”, step by step

aivohalvaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish halvaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhalvausparalysis; arrest; as in sydänhalvaus; stroke
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems

via Finnish aivot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaivotbrain
2Proto-Finnicaivobrain
3Proto-Uralicajŋebrain
Every word from Proto-Finnic -us →Every word from Finnish -us →Every word from Finnish halvaus →