Where does “elinsiirto” come from?

elinsiirto (Finnish) comes from Finnish elin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

elinsiirto (Finnish): organ transplant

Definitions

  1. organ transplant

Ancestry of “elinsiirto”, step by step

elinsiirto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish elin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelinorgan of an organism; governmental body; member
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in
4Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish siirto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiirtomove, shift, transport; transfer
2Finnishsiirtääto move, transfer; to transfer; to reschedule,...
3Proto-Finnicsiirtädäkto move, to transfer

Words derived from “elinsiirto

Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Finnish -inEvery word from Finnish elin