Where does “harvinaissairaus” come from?
harvinaissairaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish sairaus, from Finnish sairas, from Proto-Finnic sairas, from Proto-Germanic sairaz, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂yro-, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂y- — to bind; to be fierce, afflict; to tie, bind.
harvinaissairaus (Finnish): rare disease
Definitions
- rare disease
Ancestry of “harvinaissairaus”, step by step
harvinaissairaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sairaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sairaus | sickness, illness, malady, disease, ailment |
| 2 | Finnish | sairas | ill, sick; A sick person |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | sairas | ill, sick |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sairaz | sore, painful |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂yro- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂y- | to bind; to be fierce, afflict; to tie, bind |
via Finnish harvinainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | harvinainen | rare, uncommon |
| 2 | Finnish | -nainen | forms adjectives, mostly describing a quality of... |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |