Where does “laihdutus” come from?
laihdutus (Finnish) comes from Finnish laihduttaa, from Finnish laihtua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from Spanish tú, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz.
laihdutus (Finnish): intentional weight loss
Ancestry of “laihdutus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | laihduttaa | to lose, lose weight, slim, slim down reduce; to... |
| 2 | Finnish | laihtua | to lose weight; to become thinner or less |
| 3 | Finnish | -tua | Forms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs... |
| 4 | Ido | tu | you , thou |
| 5 | Spanish | tú | you; thou |
| 6 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 7 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 8 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 9 | Polish | tu | here |
| 10 | Polish | być | to be |
| 11 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 12 | Old Polish | móc | — |
| 13 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | — |
Words derived from “laihdutus”