Where does “tehohoitoyksikkö” come from?

tehohoitoyksikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish tehohoito, from Finnish hoito, from Finnish hoitaa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian śćaHyáH, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

tehohoitoyksikkö (Finnish): intensive care unit

Definitions

  1. intensive care unit

Ancestry of “tehohoitoyksikkö”, step by step

tehohoitoyksikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tehohoito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtehohoitointensive care support and monitoring of critically ill patients
2Finnishhoitocare; nurture; treatment, cure, therapy, remedy
3Finnishhoitaato nurse, care; to cure; to deal with, fix
4Proto-Indo-IranianśćaHyáHshade, shadow
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃ih₂shadow, shade
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow

via Finnish yksikkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyksikköunit; singular; single
2Finnish-kköFront vowel variant of -kko
3Proto-Finnic-kkoiForms diminutive nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃-