Where does “raskauskouristus” come from?
raskauskouristus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kouristus, from Finnish kouristaa, from Finnish koura, from Proto-Finnic kopra — hollow of the hand.
raskauskouristus (Finnish): eclampsia
Ancestry of “raskauskouristus”, step by step
raskauskouristus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kouristus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kouristus | convulsion; spasm; throe |
| 2 | Finnish | kouristaa | To grasp, clasp; To convulse, spasm |
| 3 | Finnish | koura | fist; grapple, grab |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kopra | hollow of the hand |
via Finnish raskaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | raskaus | heaviness, weight; seriousness, gravity;... |
| 2 | Finnish | raskas | heavy; hard, laborious, strenuous, gruelling;... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | raskas | heavy, weighty |