Where does “terveysuhka” come from?

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

terveysuhka (Finnish): health risk, health threat, threat to health, risk to health

Definitions

  1. health risk, health threat, threat to health, risk to health

Ancestry of “terveysuhka”, step by step

terveysuhka 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 uhka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuhkathreat; threat, risk
2Proto-Finnicuhka—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -eh →