Where does “terveyssyy” come from?

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

terveyssyy (Finnish): health reason

Definitions

  1. health reason

Ancestry of “terveyssyy”, step by step

terveyssyy 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 syy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyyfibre; filament; grain
2Proto-Finnicsüüthread, fibre; annual ring; reason, cause
3Proto-Uralicśuwemouth
Every word from Proto-Finnic -eh →