Where does “johtopuudutus” come from?
johtopuudutus (Finnish) comes from Finnish puudutus, from Finnish puuduttaa, from Finnish puutua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from English thou, from English thousand, from Middle English thousend — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
johtopuudutus (Finnish): nerve block anesthesia
Definitions
- nerve block anesthesia
Ancestry of “johtopuudutus”, step by step
johtopuudutus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puudutus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puudutus | anesthesia |
| 2 | Finnish | puuduttaa | to numb, benumb; to give a local anesthetic, to... |
| 3 | Finnish | puutua | to grow numb; to become wooden or woody |
| 4 | Finnish | -tua | Forms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs... |
| 5 | Ido | tu | you singular, thou |
| 6 | English | thou | Nominative singular of ye; To address using the... |
| 7 | English | thousand | A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10 |
| 8 | Middle English | thousend | A thousand; 1000 |
| 9 | Old English | þūsend | thousand |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | þūsundi | thousand |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | þūsundī | a thousand |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tuHsont- | thousand |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |