Where does “elohopeamyrkytys” come from?
elohopeamyrkytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish myrkytys, from Finnish myrkyttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
elohopeamyrkytys (Finnish): mercury poisoning
Definitions
- mercury poisoning
Ancestry of “elohopeamyrkytys”, step by step
elohopeamyrkytys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish myrkytys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | myrkytys | poisoning |
| 2 | Finnish | myrkyttää | To poison |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish elohopea
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elohopea | A metallic element: mercury, quicksilver,... |
| 2 | Latin | argentum vīvum | quicksilver |