Where does “hengityselimistö” come from?

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

hengityselimistö (Finnish): respiratory system

Definitions

respiratory system

Ancestry of “hengityselimistö”, step by step

hengityselimistö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hengitys

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	hengitys	breath, breathing
2	Finnish	hengittää	to breathe
3	Finnish	-ittaa	Variant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
4	Finnish	-ttää	Front vowel variant of -ttaa
5	Proto-Finnic	-ttadak	Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6	Proto-Uralic	-kta-	—

via Finnish elimistö

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	elimistö	body; organ system; system
2	Finnish	elin	organ of an organism; governmental body; member
3	Finnish	-in	Suffix variant for the illative singular, see...
4	Proto-Finno-Ugric	*-in	—
5	Proto-Uralic	-ma	—

Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Finnish -ittaa →