Where does “influenssapotilas” come from?

influenssapotilas (Finnish) comes from Finnish influenssa, from Italian influenza, from Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns, from Latin īnfluō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

influenssapotilas (Finnish): flu patient, influenza patient

Definitions

  1. flu patient, influenza patient

Ancestry of “influenssapotilas”, step by step

influenssapotilas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish influenssa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinfluenssainfluenza, flu
2Italianinfluenzainfluence; influenza, flu; third-person singular...
3Latinīnfluentiainfluence
4Latinīnfluēnsflowing into
5Latinīnfluōto flow or run into
6Latinīn-un-, non-, not
7Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Finnish potilas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpotilaspatient
2FinnishpoteaTo be sick with, have, suffer from
3Proto-Finnicpotedakto be sick with, to suffer from
4Proto-Finnicpoče-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en