Where does “hermojännitys” come from?
hermojännitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish jännitys, from Finnish jännittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
hermojännitys (Finnish): nervous tension
Definitions
- nervous tension
Ancestry of “hermojännitys”, step by step
hermojännitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jännitys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jännitys | excitement; suspension; tension |
| 2 | Finnish | jännittää | to tense; to tension; to flex |
| 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 hermo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hermo | nerve; snap |