Where does “tehosterokotus” come from?

tehosterokotus (Finnish) comes from Finnish rokotus, from Finnish rokottaa, from Finnish rokko, from Finnish nokkosrokko, from Finnish nokkonen, from Finnish nokka, from Proto-Finnic nokka — beak, bill.

tehosterokotus (Finnish): booster vaccination

Definitions

  1. booster vaccination

Ancestry of “tehosterokotus”, step by step

tehosterokotus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rokotus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrokotusvaccination
2FinnishrokottaaTo vaccinate, inoculate
3Finnishrokkopock; pox; used of some plant diseases which...
4Finnishnokkosrokkourticaria
5Finnishnokkonennettle; stinging nettle
6Finnishnokkabeak, bill, rostrum; beak; front of a car or...
7Proto-Finnicnokkabeak, bill

via Finnish tehoste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtehosteeffect
2Finnishtehostaato increase the performance, effect, or...
3Finnishtehopower, effect; power; throughout
4Finnishtehdäto do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to...
5Proto-Finnictektäkto do; to make
6Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Finnic nokka