Where does “aivohermo” come from?

aivohermo (Finnish) comes from Finnish aivot, from Proto-Finnic aivo, from Proto-Uralic ajŋe — brain.

aivohermo (Finnish): cranial nerve

Definitions

  1. cranial nerve

Ancestry of “aivohermo”, step by step

aivohermo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aivot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaivotbrain
2Proto-Finnicaivobrain
3Proto-Uralicajŋebrain

via Finnish hermo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhermonerve; snap

Words derived from “aivohermo”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ajŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic aivo →Every word from Finnish aivot →