Where does “uniapneaoireyhtymä” come from?
uniapneaoireyhtymä (Finnish) comes from Finnish uniapnea, from Finnish apnea, from New Latin apnoea, from Ancient Greek ἄπνοια, from Ancient Greek ἄπνοος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.
uniapneaoireyhtymä (Finnish): sleep apnea syndrome
Definitions
- sleep apnea syndrome
Ancestry of “uniapneaoireyhtymä”, step by step
uniapneaoireyhtymä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish uniapnea
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uniapnea | sleep apnea |
| 2 | Finnish | apnea | apnea, UK apnoea |
| 3 | New Latin | apnoea | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἄπνοια | want of wind, calm |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἄπνοος | without wind, with but little air; unventilated,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |