Where does “sydämensiirto” come from?

sydämensiirto (Finnish) comes from Finnish siirto, from Finnish siirtää, from Proto-Finnic siirtädäk — to move, to transfer.

sydämensiirto (Finnish): heart transplantation, cardiac transplantation

Definitions

  1. heart transplantation, cardiac transplantation

Ancestry of “sydämensiirto”, step by step

sydämensiirto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish siirto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiirtomove, shift, transport; transfer
2Finnishsiirtääto move, transfer; to transfer; to reschedule,...
3Proto-Finnicsiirtädäkto move, to transfer

via Finnish sydän

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsydänheart; core; wick
2Proto-Finnicsüdänheart
3Proto-Uralicśüdämeheart

Words derived from “sydämensiirto”

Every word from Proto-Finnic siirtädäk →Every word from Finnish siirtää →Every word from Finnish siirto →