Where does “epilepsiakohtaus” come from?

epilepsiakohtaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish epilepsia, from Latin epilēpsia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιληψία, from Ancient Greek ἐπιλαμβάνω, from Ancient Greek ἐπι-, from Ancient Greek ἐπί, from Ancient Greek Ἡμέρα, from Ancient Greek ἦμαρ — to be hot; to burn.

epilepsiakohtaus (Finnish): epileptic seizure

Definitions

  1. epileptic seizure

Ancestry of “epilepsiakohtaus”, step by step

epilepsiakohtaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish epilepsia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishepilepsiaepilepsy
2Latinepilēpsia
3Ancient Greekἐπιληψίαseizure
4Ancient GreekἐπιλαμβάνωI take or get besides; I lay hold of, seize,...
5Ancient Greekἐπι-on, upon, on top of, all over, covering; on,...
6Ancient Greekἐπίas well, besides; For usage in composition, see...
7Ancient GreekἩμέρα
8Ancient Greekἦμαρday; by day; midday
9Proto-Hellenicā́mərday
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eh₃mr̥heat
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eh₃-to be hot; to burn

via Finnish kohtaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkohtausfit; attack; seizure; fit, spell; fit, frenzy
2Finnishkohdatato meet with, encounter; to undergo, experience,...
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eh₃mr̥Every word from Proto-Hellenic ā́mər