Where does “sikaflunssa” come from?
sikaflunssa (Finnish) comes from Finnish flunssa, from Swedish flunsa, from Swedish influensa, from Italian influenza, from Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns, from Latin īnfluō, from Latin īn- — in.
sikaflunssa (Finnish): swine flu
Definitions
- swine flu
Ancestry of “sikaflunssa”, step by step
sikaflunssa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish flunssa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | flunssa | common cold, cold |
| 2 | Swedish | flunsa | flu |
| 3 | Swedish | influensa | influenza |
| 4 | Italian | influenza | influence; influenza, flu; third-person singular... |
| 5 | Latin | īnfluentia | influence |
| 6 | Latin | īnfluēns | flowing into |
| 7 | Latin | īnfluō | to flow or run into |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |