Where does “potilasvuode” come from?

potilasvuode (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuode, from Finnish vuota, from Proto-Finnic voota, from Proto-Finnic vootadak, from Proto-Finnic voo, from Proto-Uralic uwa- — to flow.

potilasvuode (Finnish): sickbed a bed used by a person who is sick

Definitions

  1. sickbed a bed used by a person who is sick

Ancestry of “potilasvuode”, step by step

potilasvuode traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vuode

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuodebed
2Finnishvuotahide, pelt; Partitive singular form of vuo
3Proto-Finnicvootahide, pelt
4Proto-Finnicvootadakto flow; to trickle, to seep; to leak
5Proto-Finnicvooflow
6Proto-Uralicuwa-to flow

via Finnish potilas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpotilaspatient
2FinnishpoteaTo be sick with, have, suffer from
3Proto-Finnicpotedakto be sick with, to suffer from
4Proto-Finnicpoče-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic uwa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic voo →Every word from Proto-Finnic vootadak →