Where does “kuparimyrkytys” come from?

kuparimyrkytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish myrkytys, from Finnish myrkyttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kuparimyrkytys (Finnish): copper poisoning

Definitions

  1. copper poisoning

Ancestry of “kuparimyrkytys”, step by step

kuparimyrkytys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish myrkytys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyrkytyspoisoning
2FinnishmyrkyttääTo poison
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish kupari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuparicopper
2Old Swedishkoppar—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →