Where does “ihohengitys” come from?

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

ihohengitys (Finnish): cutaneous respiration, skin respiration

Definitions

  1. cutaneous respiration, skin respiration

Ancestry of “ihohengitys”, step by step

ihohengitys 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 iho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihoskin of a human being; skin of a human being or...
2Proto-Finnicihoskin; body
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Finnish -ittaa