Where does “päihdeklinikka” come from?
päihdeklinikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish päihde, from Finnish päihtyä, 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.
päihdeklinikka (Finnish): substance abuse clinic, rehabilitation clinic
Definitions
- substance abuse clinic, rehabilitation clinic
Ancestry of “päihdeklinikka”, step by step
päihdeklinikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish päihde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | päihde | intoxicant, psychoactive drug |
| 2 | Finnish | päihtyä | To get drunk, to become intoxicated |
| 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 klinikka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | klinikka | clinic |
| 2 | Swedish | klinik | clinic |
| 3 | French | clinique | clinical; clinic |
| 4 | Latin | clinicus | a physician who tends to patients who are... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κλινικός | of or pertaining to a bed; bedridden; a physician |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |