Where does “ruuansulatuselimistö” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ruuansulatuselimistö”, step by step

ruuansulatuselimistö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruuansulatus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruuansulatus—
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 -ttaa →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →