Where does “kosketusihottuma” come from?

kosketusihottuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish kosketus, from Finnish koskettaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kosketusihottuma (Finnish): contact dermatitis

Definitions

  1. contact dermatitis

Ancestry of “kosketusihottuma”, step by step

kosketusihottuma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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-—

via Finnish ihottuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihottumarash
2Finnishihoskin of a human being; skin of a human being or...
3Proto-Finnicihoskin; body
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →
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