Where does “aivotyrä” come from?

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

aivotyrä (Finnish): encephalocele

Definitions

  1. encephalocele

Ancestry of “aivotyrä”, step by step

aivotyrä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aivot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaivotbrain
2Proto-Finnicaivobrain
3Proto-Uralicajŋebrain

via Finnish tyrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtyräA hernia
2Proto-Finnictüräpenis
Every word from Proto-Uralic ajŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic aivo →Every word from Finnish aivot →