Where does “poikimahalvaus” come from?

poikimahalvaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish poikia, from Finnish poika, from Proto-Finnic poika, from Proto-Uralic pojka — boy; son.

poikimahalvaus (Finnish): milk fever fatal metabolic disorder in dairy cattle, occurring at the start of lactation

Definitions

  1. milk fever fatal metabolic disorder in dairy cattle, occurring at the start of lactation

Ancestry of “poikimahalvaus”, step by step

poikimahalvaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poikia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoikiato calve; to litter; Partitive plural form of...
2Finnishpoikaboy; son; young
3Proto-Finnicpoikason; boy
4Proto-Uralicpojkaboy; son

via Finnish halvaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhalvausparalysis; arrest; as in sydänhalvaus; stroke
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems
Every word from Proto-Uralic pojka →Every word from Proto-Finnic poika →Every word from Finnish poika →