Where does “hengityselin” come from?

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

hengityselin (Finnish): respiratory organ; respiratory system

Definitions

respiratory organ; respiratory system

Ancestry of “hengityselin”, step by step

hengityselin 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 elin

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

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