Where does “hengityskeskus” come from?

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

hengityskeskus (Finnish): respiratory center

Definitions

  1. respiratory center

Ancestry of “hengityskeskus”, step by step

hengityskeskus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hengitys

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

via Finnish keskus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeskuscentre/center
2FinnishKeski-middle, central; average, mid-, medium
3Proto-Finnickeskimiddle, center
4Proto-Finno-Permickeske—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Finnish -ittaa →