Where does “kammiovärinä” come from?

kammiovärinä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kammio, from Proto-Norse skammijǭ, from Proto-Germanic skammijǭ — little house.

kammiovärinä (Finnish): Ventricular fibrillation

Definitions

  1. Ventricular fibrillation

Ancestry of “kammiovärinä”, step by step

kammiovärinä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kammio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkammiochamber; cell; ventricle
2Proto-Norseskammijǭ—
3Proto-Germanicskammijǭlittle house

via Finnish värinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvärinäflutter; fibrillation; jitter
2Finnishväristäto shiver; to quiver; to tremble
3Proto-Finnicväristäkto shiver, to quiver, to tremble
Every word from Proto-Germanic skammijǭ →Every word from Proto-Norse skammijǭ →Every word from Finnish kammio →