Where does “pahoinvointi” come from?
pahoinvointi (Finnish) comes from Finnish vointi, from Finnish -nti, from Finnish -nta, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.
pahoinvointi (Finnish): nausea, sickness
Definitions
- nausea, sickness
Ancestry of “pahoinvointi”, step by step
pahoinvointi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vointi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vointi | condition, feel, shape |
| 2 | Finnish | -nti | Form action nouns from verbs whose first... |
| 3 | Finnish | -nta | Forms nouns that describe an action; "erota... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -nta | Forms action nouns from verbs |
via Finnish pahoin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pahoin | Instructive plural form of paha; badly |