Where does “kreatiniinipuhdistuma” come from?

kreatiniinipuhdistuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhdistuma, from Finnish puhdistua, from Finnish puhdistaa, from Finnish puhdas, from Proto-Finnic puhtas, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

kreatiniinipuhdistuma (Finnish): creatinine clearance

Definitions

  1. creatinine clearance

Ancestry of “kreatiniinipuhdistuma”, step by step

kreatiniinipuhdistuma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puhdistuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuhdistumarenal clearance
2FinnishpuhdistuaTo become clean
3Finnishpuhdistaato clean (up), clear (up), cleanse, purge, scour
4Finnishpuhdasclean; neat, tidy; clear, unpolluted; clear,...
5Proto-Finnicpuhtasclean
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

via Finnish kreatiniini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkreatiniinicreatinine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH-Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtósEvery word from Proto-Finnic puhtas