Where does “kosketusallergia” come from?

kosketusallergia (Finnish) comes from Finnish allergia, from German Allergie, from Ancient Greek ἄλλος, from Ancient Greek κρίνω, from Proto-Hellenic kríňňō, from Proto-Indo-European krinyéti, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

kosketusallergia (Finnish): contact allergy, contact dermatitis

Definitions

  1. contact allergy, contact dermatitis

Ancestry of “kosketusallergia”, step by step

kosketusallergia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish allergia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishallergiaallergy
2GermanAllergieallergy
3Ancient Greekἄλλοςother, another, different, else; in combination...
4Ancient GreekκρίνωTo separate, divide, part, distinguish between...
5Proto-Hellenickríňňō
6Proto-Indo-Europeankrinyéti
7Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide

via Finnish kosketus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkosketusA touch; contact
2Finnishkoskettaato touch; to affect
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krey-