Where does “ruoansulatuselin” come from?

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

ruoansulatuselin (Finnish): digestive organ

Definitions

  1. digestive organ

Ancestry of “ruoansulatuselin”, step by step

ruoansulatuselin 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 elin

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