Where does “sydämensyke” come from?

sydämensyke (Finnish) comes from Finnish syke, from Finnish sykkiä, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

sydämensyke (Finnish): heartbeat

Definitions

  1. heartbeat

Ancestry of “sydämensyke”, step by step

sydämensyke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish syke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsykepulse, heartbeat; heart rate
2Finnishsykkiäto pulse, pulsate; to beat, throb; to be aroused
3Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
4Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
5Proto-Uralic-j-—

via Finnish sydän

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsydänheart; core; wick
2Proto-Finnicsüdänheart
3Proto-Uralicśüdämeheart
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →