Where does “aivotuonti” come from?

aivotuonti (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuonti, from Finnish tuoda, from Proto-Finnic toodak, from Proto-Uralic toxe-, from Hungarian -ik — Specifies "which" one of a specific set of...

aivotuonti (Finnish): brain gain

Definitions

  1. brain gain

Ancestry of “aivotuonti”, step by step

aivotuonti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuonti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuontiimport; introduction
2Finnishtuodato bring, get; to import
3Proto-Finnictoodakto bring
4Proto-Uralictoxe-to bring, give
5Hungarian-ikSpecifies "which" one of a specific set of...

via Finnish aivot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaivotbrain
2Proto-Finnicaivobrain
3Proto-Uralicajŋebrain
Every word from Hungarian -ik →Every word from Proto-Uralic toxe- →Every word from Proto-Finnic toodak →