Where does “neliraajahalvaus” come from?

neliraajahalvaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish halvaus, from Finnish -us, from Proto-Finnic -us — Forms some nouns from nominal stems.

neliraajahalvaus (Finnish): quadriplegia paralysis of all four limbs

Definitions

  1. quadriplegia paralysis of all four limbs

Ancestry of “neliraajahalvaus”, step by step

neliraajahalvaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish halvaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhalvausparalysis; arrest; as in sydänhalvaus; stroke
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems

via Finnish raaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishraajalimb
2Proto-Finnicrakjalimb
Every word from Proto-Finnic -us →Every word from Finnish -us →Every word from Finnish halvaus →