Where does “aivokuollut” come from?

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

aivokuollut (Finnish): brain-dead

Definitions

  1. brain-dead

Ancestry of “aivokuollut”, step by step

aivokuollut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aivot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaivotbrain
2Proto-Finnicaivobrain
3Proto-Uralicajŋebrain

via Finnish kuollut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkuollutPast active participle of kuolla; dead; extinct
Every word from Proto-Uralic ajŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic aivo →Every word from Finnish aivot →
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