Where does “sairauskohtaus” come from?

sairauskohtaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish sairaus, 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.

sairauskohtaus (Finnish): medical emergency, medical issue, medical episode; a sudden attack of a disease, such as an incapacitating disease (e.g. a stroke)

Definitions

  1. medical emergency, medical issue, medical episode; a sudden attack of a disease, such as an incapacitating disease (e.g. a stroke)

Ancestry of “sairauskohtaus”, step by step

sairauskohtaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sairaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsairaussickness, illness, malady, disease, ailment
2Finnishsairasill, sick; A sick person
3Proto-Finnicsairasill, sick
4Proto-Germanicsairazsore, painful
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂yro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂y-to bind; to be fierce, afflict; to tie, bind

via Finnish kohtaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkohtausfit; attack; seizure; fit, spell; fit, frenzy
2Finnishkohdatato meet with, encounter; to undergo, experience,...
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂y- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂yro- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sairaz →