Where does “lämpöhalvaus” come from?

lämpöhalvaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish lämpö, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

lämpöhalvaus (Finnish): heatstroke, hyperthermia condition of having an abnormally high body temperature caused by a failure of the heat-regulating mechanisms of the body

Definitions

  1. heatstroke, hyperthermia condition of having an abnormally high body temperature caused by a failure of the heat-regulating mechanisms of the body

Ancestry of “lämpöhalvaus”, step by step

lämpöhalvaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lämpö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlämpöwarmth, heat; heat; fever
2Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish halvaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhalvausparalysis; arrest; as in sydänhalvaus; stroke
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →