Where does “ruokamyrkytys” come from?

ruokamyrkytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish myrkytys, from Finnish myrkyttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

ruokamyrkytys (Finnish): food poisoning

Definitions

  1. food poisoning

Ancestry of “ruokamyrkytys”, step by step

ruokamyrkytys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish myrkytys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyrkytyspoisoning
2FinnishmyrkyttääTo poison
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish ruoka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruokafood; meal
2Proto-Finnicrookafood; meal
3Proto-Germanicrōkōcare, attention
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →
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