Where does “aivokäyrä” come from?

aivokäyrä (Finnish) comes from Finnish käyrä, from Proto-Finnic käkrä, from Proto-Germanic hagrō.

aivokäyrä (Finnish): electroencephalogram

Definitions

  1. electroencephalogram

Ancestry of “aivokäyrä”, step by step

aivokäyrä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käyrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäyräcrooked; curve; plot, graph, diagram
2Proto-Finnickäkräbent, crooked
3Proto-Germanichagrō—

via Finnish aivot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaivotbrain
2Proto-Finnicaivobrain
3Proto-Uralicajŋebrain
Every word from Proto-Germanic hagrō →Every word from Proto-Finnic käkrä →Every word from Finnish käyrä →