Where does “aivohermohalvaus” come from?

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

aivohermohalvaus (Finnish): cranial nerve palsy

Definitions

  1. cranial nerve palsy

Ancestry of “aivohermohalvaus”, step by step

aivohermohalvaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aivohermo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaivohermocranial nerve
2Finnishaivotbrain
3Proto-Finnicaivobrain
4Proto-Uralicajŋebrain

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