Where does “ripulipotilas” come from?

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

ripulipotilas (Finnish): diarrhea patient

Definitions

  1. diarrhea patient

Ancestry of “ripulipotilas”, step by step

ripulipotilas 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 ripuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishripulidiarrhea
Every word from Proto-Finnic poče- →Every word from Proto-Finnic potedak →Every word from Finnish potea →