Where does “kasvohalvaus” come from?
kasvohalvaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasvo, from Veps kazda, from Proto-Finnic kasvadak, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewks-.
kasvohalvaus (Finnish): Bell's palsy
Ancestry of “kasvohalvaus”, step by step
kasvohalvaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kasvo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kasvo | face; face, figure |
| 2 | Veps | kazda | to grow; to grow up; to increase |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kasvadak | to grow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewks- | — |
via Finnish halvaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | halvaus | paralysis; arrest; as in sydänhalvaus; stroke |
| 2 | Finnish | -us | Forms nouns from verbs, describing an action or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -us | Forms some nouns from nominal stems |