Where does “herkistymä” come from?

herkistymä (Finnish) comes from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

herkistymä (Finnish): allergy

Definitions

  1. allergy

Ancestry of “herkistymä”, step by step

herkistymä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmäI
2FinnishminäI; ego; self
3Proto-FinnicminäI, me
4Uralic*minä—

via Finnish herkistyä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishherkistyäto become sensitized
2Finnishherkistääto sensitize
3Finnishherkkädelicate, vulnerable; physically sensitive,...
4Proto-Finnicherkkäsensitive, delicate
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Finnish minä →
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