Where does “syketaajuus” come from?

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

syketaajuus (Finnish): heart rate

Definitions

  1. heart rate

Ancestry of “syketaajuus”, step by step

syketaajuus 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 taajuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaajuusfrequency
2Finnishtaajathick, dense; frequent
3Proto-Finnictakjadense, thick
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →