Where does “laihdutuskuuri” come from?
laihdutuskuuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish laihdutus, from Finnish laihduttaa, from Finnish laihtua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from English thou, from English thousand, from Middle English thousend — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
laihdutuskuuri (Finnish): diet controlled regimen of food and drink for losing weight
Definitions
- diet controlled regimen of food and drink for losing weight
Ancestry of “laihdutuskuuri”, step by step
laihdutuskuuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laihdutus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laihdutus | intentional weight loss |
| 2 | Finnish | laihduttaa | to lose, lose weight, slim, slim down reduce; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | laihtua | to lose weight; to become thinner or less |
| 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 kuuri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuuri | cure, treatment, regimen; Courlander; Curonian |
| 2 | German | Kür | choice; free skating |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | kure | — |
| 4 | Arabic | كره | to be disgusted, to feel disgust; to detest, to... |
| 5 | Arabic | كُرَة | ball; a ball, a mass, a clump; a ball, a mass, a... |
| 6 | Old Persian | 𐎹𐎢𐎴 | Ionia |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἴων | one of the Ionians; a native or inhabitant of... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἰᾱ́ϝων | Ionian |