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Where does “rasvakovettumistauti” come from?

rasvakovettumistauti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kovettuminen, from Finnish kovettua, from Finnish kovettaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

rasvakovettumistauti (Finnish): atherosclerosis

Definitions

  1. atherosclerosis

Ancestry of “rasvakovettumistauti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkovettuminenhardening; sclerosis
2FinnishkovettuaTo set, to solidify; To harden
3Finnishkovettaato harden
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →