Where does “niveltulehdus” come from?
niveltulehdus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tulehdus, from Finnish tulehtua, from Finnish -htua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from English thou, from English thousand, from Middle English thousend — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
niveltulehdus (Finnish): arthritis
Definitions
- arthritis
Ancestry of “niveltulehdus”, step by step
niveltulehdus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tulehdus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tulehdus | inflammation |
| 2 | Finnish | tulehtua | to inflame |
| 3 | Finnish | -htua | Forms translative verbs, often emphasizing the... |
| 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 nivel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nivel | joint; articulation |
| 2 | Finnish | niveljalkainen | An arthropod |
| 3 | New Latin | Arthropoda | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἄρθρον | joint; limb; articulation |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀραρίσκω | join, fasten; fit together, construct; fit,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -σκω | Primitive suffix used to form present-tense... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -sḱéti | Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs... |