Where does “puutiaisaivotulehdus” come from?
puutiaisaivotulehdus (Finnish) comes from Finnish aivotulehdus, from Finnish tulehdus, from Finnish tulehtua, from Finnish -htua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from English thou, from English thousand — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
puutiaisaivotulehdus (Finnish): tick-borne encephalitis, TBE
Definitions
- tick-borne encephalitis, TBE
Ancestry of “puutiaisaivotulehdus”, step by step
puutiaisaivotulehdus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish aivotulehdus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aivotulehdus | encephalitis |
| 2 | Finnish | tulehdus | inflammation |
| 3 | Finnish | tulehtua | to inflame |
| 4 | Finnish | -htua | Forms translative verbs, often emphasizing the... |
| 5 | Finnish | -tua | Forms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs... |
| 6 | Ido | tu | you singular, thou |
| 7 | English | thou | Nominative singular of ye; To address using the... |
| 8 | English | thousand | A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10 |
| 9 | Middle English | thousend | A thousand; 1000 |
| 10 | Old English | þūsend | thousand |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | þūsundi | thousand |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | þūsundī | a thousand |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | tuHsont- | thousand |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
via Finnish puutiainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puutiainen | any tick of the family Ixodidae, especially any... |
| 2 | Finnish | puu | tree; wood |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | puu | tree |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | puwe | tree, wood |