Where does “potilaisto” come from?

potilaisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish potilas, from Finnish potea, from Proto-Finnic potedak, from Proto-Finnic poče-.

potilaisto (Finnish): patient population

Definitions

  1. patient population

Ancestry of “potilaisto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpotilaspatient
2FinnishpoteaTo be sick with, have, suffer from
3Proto-Finnicpotedakto be sick with, to suffer from
4Proto-Finnicpoče-—
Every word from Proto-Finnic poče- →Every word from Proto-Finnic potedak →Every word from Finnish potea →