Where does “laihdutus” come from?
laihdutus (Finnish) comes from Finnish laihduttaa, from Finnish laihtua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from English thou, from English thousand, from Middle English thousend, from Old English þūsend — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
laihdutus (Finnish): intentional weight loss
Definitions
- intentional weight loss
Ancestry of “laihdutus”, step by step
laihdutus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laihduttaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 singular, thou |
| 5 | English | thou | Nominative singular of ye; To address using the... |
| 6 | English | thousand | A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10 |
| 7 | Middle English | thousend | A thousand; 1000 |
| 8 | Old English | þūsend | thousand |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | þūsundi | thousand |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | þūsundī | a thousand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tuHsont- | thousand |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |