Where does “rasitusastma” come from?

rasitusastma (Finnish) comes from Finnish rasitus, from Finnish rasittaa, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

rasitusastma (Finnish): exercise-induced asthma

Definitions

  1. exercise-induced asthma

Ancestry of “rasitusastma”, step by step

rasitusastma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rasitus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrasitusstrain; stress
2Finnishrasittaato strain, wear out
3Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish astma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishastmaThe chronic respiratory disease Asthma
2Ancient Greekἆσθμαshort-drawn breath, panting; asthma
3Ancient Greekἄνσθμα—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enh₁-to breathe
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →