Where does “kurkunpäätulehdus” come from?
kurkunpäätulehdus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tulehdus, from Finnish tulehtua, from Finnish -htua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from English thou, from English thousand, from Middle English thousend — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
kurkunpäätulehdus (Finnish): laryngitis
Definitions
- laryngitis
Ancestry of “kurkunpäätulehdus”, step by step
kurkunpäätulehdus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tulehdus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tulehdus | inflammation |
| 2 | Finnish | tulehtua | to inflame |
| 3 | Finnish | -htua | Forms translative verbs, often emphasizing the... |
| 4 | Finnish | -tua | Forms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs... |
| 5 | Ido | tu | you singular, thou |
| 6 | English | thou | Nominative singular of ye; To address using the... |
| 7 | English | thousand | A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10 |
| 8 | Middle English | thousend | A thousand; 1000 |
| 9 | Old English | þūsend | thousand |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | þūsundi | thousand |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | þūsundī | a thousand |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tuHsont- | thousand |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
via Finnish kurkunpää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kurkunpää | larynx, voice box; laryngeal |
| 2 | Finnish | kurkku | throat; beard; cucumber |
| 3 | Swedish | gurka | a cucumber |
| 4 | Low German | Gurk | cucumber |
| 5 | Middle Low German | augurke | — |
| 6 | Polish | ogórek | cucumber; gherkin |
| 7 | Greek | άγουρος | unripe, green; immature; inexperienced |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἄωρος | untimely, unseasonable; unripe; without youthful... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |