Where does “optiohuuma” come from?

optiohuuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish optio, from Latin optiō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

optiohuuma (Finnish): option fever

Definitions

  1. option fever

Ancestry of “optiohuuma”, step by step

optiohuuma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish optio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoptiooption
2Latinoptiōchoosing, choice, preference, option
3Latin-iō—
4Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she

via Finnish huuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuumaecstasy, agony; fever
2Finnishhuumatato stun, daze; to drug, dope, intoxicate, turn...
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →