Where does “huimauskohtaus” come from?

huimauskohtaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kohtaus, from Finnish kohdata, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

huimauskohtaus (Finnish): spell of dizziness or vertigo

Definitions

  1. spell of dizziness or vertigo

Ancestry of “huimauskohtaus”, step by step

huimauskohtaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kohtaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkohtausfit; attack; seizure; fit, spell; fit, frenzy
2Finnishkohdatato meet with, encounter; to undergo, experience,...
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom

via Finnish huimaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuimausdizziness, vertigo
2FinnishhuimataTo make someone dizzy; "partitive + " 3rd-pers....
3Finnishhuimareckless, wild
4Old Norsehvimato be confused
5Proto-Germanicswīmanąto sway, swoon
Every word from Proto-Uralic -täEvery word from Finnish -taEvery word from Finnish kohdata