Where does “boorinpuutos” come from?

boorinpuutos (Finnish) comes from Finnish boori, from Finnish booraksi, from Swedish borax.

boorinpuutos (Finnish): boron deficiency any pathological effect in animals and humans due to a deficiency of boron in the diet

Definitions

  1. boron deficiency any pathological effect in animals and humans due to a deficiency of boron in the diet

Ancestry of “boorinpuutos”, step by step

boorinpuutos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish boori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbooriboron
2Finnishbooraksiborax
3Swedishborax—

via Finnish puutos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutosdeficiency
2Finnishpuuttuato be missing; "inanimate thing in elative" or...
3Proto-Finnicpuuttudakto catch (onto), snag, get caught in/on
Every word from Swedish borax →Every word from Finnish booraksi →Every word from Finnish boori →