Where does “potilas” come from?

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

potilas (Finnish): patient

Definitions

  1. patient

Ancestry of “potilas”, step by step

potilas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish potea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpoteaTo be sick with, have, suffer from
2Proto-Finnicpotedakto be sick with, to suffer from
3Proto-Finnicpoče-—

via Finnish ilas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishilas—

Words derived from “potilas”

Every word from Proto-Finnic poče- →Every word from Proto-Finnic potedak →Every word from Finnish potea →