Where does “loisia” come from?

loisia (Finnish) comes from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

loisia (Finnish): to parasitize to live on or in a host organism as a parasite

Definitions

  1. to parasitize to live on or in a host organism as a parasite

Ancestry of “loisia”, step by step

loisia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
2Finnishjaand; AND
3Proto-Finnicjaand
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish loinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishloinenparasite; parasitic
2Finnishluo-—

Words derived from “loisia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →
loisia — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer