Where does “tehoelvytys” come from?

tehoelvytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish elvytys, from Finnish elvyttää, from Finnish elpyä, from Finnish elää, from Proto-Finnic elädäk, from Proto-Uralic elä- — to live.

tehoelvytys (Finnish): advanced life support

Definitions

  1. advanced life support

Ancestry of “tehoelvytys”, step by step

tehoelvytys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish elvytys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelvytysresuscitation; easing
2Finnishelvyttääto resuscitate, revive, bring back to life,...
3FinnishelpyäTo recover, revive, recuperate, return to...
4FinnishelääTo live, be alive; To live
5Proto-Finnicelädäkto live
6Proto-Uralicelä-to live

via Finnish teho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtehopower, effect; power; throughout
2Finnishtehdäto do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to...
3Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
4Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Uralic elä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic elädäk →Every word from Finnish elää →