Where does “höyryhengityslaite” come from?

höyryhengityslaite (Finnish) comes from Finnish hengityslaite, from Finnish hengitys, from Finnish hengittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

höyryhengityslaite (Finnish): steam inhaler, thermal inhaler

Definitions

  1. steam inhaler, thermal inhaler

Ancestry of “höyryhengityslaite”, step by step

höyryhengityslaite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hengityslaite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhengityslaiterespirator, breathing apparatus, breathing device device to allow breathing
2Finnishhengitysbreath, breathing
3Finnishhengittääto breathe
4Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
5Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
6Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
7Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish höyry

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhöyrysteam; vapor
2Proto-Finnicheürü
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Finnish -ittaa