Where does “aivovaltimotauti” come from?

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

aivovaltimotauti (Finnish): cerebral arteritis

Definitions

  1. cerebral arteritis

Ancestry of “aivovaltimotauti”, step by step

aivovaltimotauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aivovaltimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaivovaltimocerebral artery
2Finnishaivotbrain
3Proto-Finnicaivobrain
4Proto-Uralicajŋebrain

via Finnish tauti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtautidisease
2Proto-Finnictautidisease, sickness
3Proto-Norsedauđi
Every word from Proto-Uralic ajŋeEvery word from Proto-Finnic aivoEvery word from Finnish aivot