Where does “terveyssandaali” come from?

terveyssandaali (Finnish) comes from Finnish sandaali, from Swedish sandal, from French sandale, from Old French sandale, from Latin sandalium, from Ancient Greek σανδάλιον, from Ancient Greek σάνδαλον, from Sanskrit चन्दन — Santalum tree.

terveyssandaali (Finnish): hygienic sandal, orthopedic sandal, health sandal

Definitions

  1. hygienic sandal, orthopedic sandal, health sandal

Ancestry of “terveyssandaali”, step by step

terveyssandaali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sandaali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsandaaliA sandal
2Swedishsandala sandal
3Frenchsandalesandal
4Old Frenchsandalesandal
5Latinsandaliumslipper; sandal
6Ancient Greekσανδάλιονsandal
7Ancient GreekσάνδαλονA sandal; A flat fish similar to ψῆττα
8Sanskritचन्दनsandalwood
9Tamilசாந்துSantalum tree

via Finnish terveys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishterveyshealth
2Proto-Finnictervehüchealth
3Proto-Finnictervehhealthy, well; solid, whole
4Proto-Finnic-ehForms nominals
Every word from Tamil சாந்து