Where does “suonensyke” come from?
suonensyke (Finnish) comes from Finnish syke, from Finnish sykkiä, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.
suonensyke (Finnish): arterial pulse
Ancestry of “suonensyke”, step by step
suonensyke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish syke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | syke | pulse, heartbeat; heart rate |
| 2 | Finnish | sykkiä | to pulse, pulsate; to beat, throb; to be aroused |
| 3 | Finnish | -ia | Forms primarily transitive verbs describing... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -idak | applicative suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -j- | — |
via Finnish suoni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suoni | vein; Short for verisuoni; tendon, sinew; still... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | sooni | sinew |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | sëne | vein, blood vessel; sinew |