Where does “sapenjohdin” come from?

sapenjohdin (Finnish) comes from Finnish johdin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

sapenjohdin (Finnish): common bile duct, "ductus choledochus"

Definitions

  1. common bile duct, "ductus choledochus"

Ancestry of “sapenjohdin”, step by step

sapenjohdin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish johdin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjohdinconductor; derivational affix; duct
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish säppi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäppilatch
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish johdin →