Where does “muistisairas” come from?

muistisairas (Finnish) comes from Finnish sairas, from Proto-Finnic sairas, from Proto-Germanic sairaz, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂yro-, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂y- — to bind; to be fierce, afflict; to tie, bind.

muistisairas (Finnish): with a memory disorder, amnesic

Definitions

  1. with a memory disorder, amnesic

Ancestry of “muistisairas”, step by step

muistisairas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sairas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsairasill, sick; A sick person
2Proto-Finnicsairasill, sick
3Proto-Germanicsairazsore, painful
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂yro-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂y-to bind; to be fierce, afflict; to tie, bind

via Finnish muisti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuistimemory; Third-person singular past form of...
2Finnishmuistaato remember, recall, recollect; Third-person...
3Proto-Finnicmuistadakto understand
4Proto-Finno-Ugricmuja-to touch, feel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂y- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂yro- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sairaz →