Where does “mielenterveys” come from?

mielenterveys (Finnish) comes from Finnish terveys, from Proto-Finnic tervehüc, from Proto-Finnic terveh, from Proto-Finnic -eh — Forms nominals.

mielenterveys (Finnish): mental health

Definitions

  1. mental health

Ancestry of “mielenterveys”, step by step

mielenterveys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish terveys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishterveyshealth
2Proto-Finnictervehüchealth
3Proto-Finnictervehhealthy, well; solid, whole
4Proto-Finnic-ehForms nominals

via Finnish mieli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmielimood; sense, meaning; mind
2Proto-Finnicmeelione's senses, mind
3Proto-Finno-Permicmäle—

Words derived from “mielenterveys”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -eh →Every word from Proto-Finnic terveh →Every word from Proto-Finnic tervehüc →