Where does “kidusvaltimo” come from?

kidusvaltimo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kidus, from Finnish kita, from Proto-Finnic kita — throat, pharynx, mouth.

kidusvaltimo (Finnish): gill artery

Definitions

  1. gill artery

Ancestry of “kidusvaltimo”, step by step

kidusvaltimo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kidus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkidusgill
2Finnishkitamouth; throat, pharynx
3Proto-Finnickitathroat, pharynx, mouth

via Finnish valtimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaltimoartery
2Finnishvalta-main, principal
Every word from Proto-Finnic kita →Every word from Finnish kita →Every word from Finnish kidus →