Where does “toukkaterapia” come from?

toukkaterapia (Finnish) comes from Finnish terapia, from New Latin therapīa, from Ancient Greek θεραπεία, from Ancient Greek θεραπεύω, from Ancient Greek -εύω, from Ancient Greek -εύς — Added to noun or adjective stems to form a...

toukkaterapia (Finnish): maggot therapy

Definitions

  1. maggot therapy

Ancestry of “toukkaterapia”, step by step

toukkaterapia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish terapia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishterapiatherapy
2New Latintherapīa—
3Ancient Greekθεραπείαa waiting on service; medical treatment
4Ancient Greekθεραπεύωto wait on, attend, serve; to obey; to flatter,...
5Ancient Greek-εύωAdded to the stems of agent or other nouns in...
6Ancient Greek-εύςAdded to noun or adjective stems to form a...

via Finnish toukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoukkalarva, grub; caterpillar; maggot
2Proto-Finnictoukkalarva, maggot
Every word from Ancient Greek -εύς →Every word from Ancient Greek -εύω →Every word from Ancient Greek θεραπεύω →