Where does “aivovamma” come from?

aivovamma (Finnish) comes from Finnish vamma, from Proto-Norse *ᚹᚨᛗᛗᚨᛉ, from Proto-Germanic wammaz, from Proto-Indo-European wemh₁- — to spew, to vomit.

aivovamma (Finnish): traumatic brain injury

Definitions

  1. traumatic brain injury

Ancestry of “aivovamma”, step by step

aivovamma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vamma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvammahandicap; injury
2Proto-Norse*ᚹᚨᛗᛗᚨᛉ—
3Proto-Germanicwammazspot, stain, blemish
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwemh₁-to spew, to vomit

via Finnish aivot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaivotbrain
2Proto-Finnicaivobrain
3Proto-Uralicajŋebrain

Words derived from “aivovamma”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wemh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wammaz →Every word from Proto-Norse *ᚹᚨᛗᛗᚨᛉ →