Where does “terveyskylpy” come from?

terveyskylpy (Finnish) comes from Finnish terveys, from Proto-Finnic tervehüc, from Proto-Finnic terveh, from Proto-Finnic -eh — Forms nominals.

terveyskylpy (Finnish): health bath, medical bath

Definitions

  1. health bath, medical bath

Ancestry of “terveyskylpy”, step by step

terveyskylpy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish terveys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishterveyshealth
2Proto-Finnictervehüchealth
3Proto-Finnictervehhealthy, well; solid, whole
4Proto-Finnic-ehForms nominals

via Finnish kylpy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkylpybath
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finnic -eh →