Where does “istumakylpy” come from?

istumakylpy (Finnish) comes from Finnish kylpy, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

istumakylpy (Finnish): sitz bath

Definitions

  1. sitz bath

Ancestry of “istumakylpy”, step by step

istumakylpy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kylpy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkylpybath
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish istua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishistuato sit; to be a member in a board or similar; to...
2Proto-Finnicistudaksit
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish kylpy →