Where does “ruoansulatuselimistö” come from?

ruoansulatuselimistö (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruoansulatus, from Finnish sulatus, from Finnish sulattaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

ruoansulatuselimistö (Finnish): digestive system

Definitions

  1. digestive system

Ancestry of “ruoansulatuselimistö”, step by step

ruoansulatuselimistö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoansulatus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruoansulatusdigestion
2Finnishsulatusmelting; smelting
3Finnishsulattaato melt; to smelt; to thaw, defrost
4Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish elimistö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelimistöbody; organ system; system
2Finnishelinorgan of an organism; governmental body; member
3Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in
5Proto-Uralic-ma
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttaaEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak