Where does “sekavuustila” come from?

sekavuustila (Finnish) comes from Finnish tila, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

sekavuustila (Finnish): delirium, confusional state

Definitions

  1. delirium, confusional state

Ancestry of “sekavuustila”, step by step

sekavuustila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtilastate; condition; Short for maatila
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish sekavuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsekavuusmental confusion, haze
2Finnishsekavaconfusing, unclear, mixed; confused
3Finnishseka-mixed; cross-
4Proto-Finnicsekamixed
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →