Where does “potilasyhdistys” come from?

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

potilasyhdistys (Finnish): patients' association, patient organization

Definitions

  1. patients' association, patient organization

Ancestry of “potilasyhdistys”, step by step

potilasyhdistys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish potilas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpotilaspatient
2FinnishpoteaTo be sick with, have, suffer from
3Proto-Finnicpotedakto be sick with, to suffer from
4Proto-Finnicpoče-

via Finnish yhdistys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyhdistysassociation
2Finnishyhdistääto connect, join, combine; to unite; to conflate
3Finnish-istaa-ize/-ise; Occasionally used for other purposes,...
Every word from Proto-Finnic poče-Every word from Proto-Finnic potedakEvery word from Finnish potea