Where does “sydänleikkaus” come from?

sydänleikkaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish sydän, from Proto-Finnic südän, from Proto-Uralic śüdäme — heart.

sydänleikkaus (Finnish): heart surgery

Definitions

  1. heart surgery

Ancestry of “sydänleikkaus”, step by step

sydänleikkaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sydän

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

via Finnish leikkaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkauscut, cutting; operation, surgery; perioperative
2Finnishleikatato cut; to incise; to mow
3Proto-Finnicleik'at'akto cut
Every word from Proto-Uralic śüdäme →Every word from Proto-Finnic südän →Every word from Finnish sydän →