Where does “sairaus” come from?

sairaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish sairas, from Proto-Finnic sairas, from Proto-Germanic sairaz, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂yro-, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂y- — to bind; to be fierce, afflict; to tie, bind.

sairaus (Finnish): sickness, illness, malady, disease, ailment

Definitions

  1. sickness, illness, malady, disease, ailment

Ancestry of “sairaus”, step by step

sairaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sairas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsairasill, sick; A sick person
2Proto-Finnicsairasill, sick
3Proto-Germanicsairazsore, painful
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂yro-
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂y-to bind; to be fierce, afflict; to tie, bind

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “sairaus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂y-Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂yro-Every word from Proto-Germanic sairaz