Where does “seerumioppi” come from?
seerumioppi (Finnish) comes from Finnish oppi, from Finnish oppia, from Proto-Finnic oppidak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric woppe-.
seerumioppi (Finnish): serology
Ancestry of “seerumioppi”, step by step
seerumioppi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish oppi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | oppi | doctrine; study, -logy, theory; in this sense... |
| 2 | Finnish | oppia | to learn |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | oppidak | to learn |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | woppe- | — |
via Finnish seerumi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | seerumi | serum |
| 2 | Latin | Serum | whey |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sēr- | to flow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |