Where does “piilokiveksisyys” come from?
piilokiveksisyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish piilokiveksinen, from Finnish kives, from Finnish -s, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.
piilokiveksisyys (Finnish): cryptorchidism
Definitions
- cryptorchidism
Ancestry of “piilokiveksisyys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piilokiveksinen | cryptorchidic |
| 2 | Finnish | kives | testicle; A stone inside birch bark, used as... |
| 3 | Finnish | -s | Forms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -nci | Forms ordinal numbers from the corresponding... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -mte | — |