Where does “uskomuslääkintä” come from?
uskomuslääkintä (Finnish) comes from Finnish lääkintä, from Finnish lääkitä, from Old Swedish läkia, from Proto-Germanic lēkinōną, from Proto-Germanic lēkijaz, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
uskomuslääkintä (Finnish): alternative medicine
Definitions
- alternative medicine
Ancestry of “uskomuslääkintä”, step by step
uskomuslääkintä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lääkintä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lääkintä | medical treatment, medication |
| 2 | Finnish | lääkitä | to medicate |
| 3 | Old Swedish | läkia | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | lēkinōną | to heal, to cure |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lēkijaz | doctor, physician |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Finnish uskomus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uskomus | belief |
| 2 | Finnish | uskoa | to believe, have faith someone's abilities, chances etc.; someone's existence; the power, value etc. of something; the existence of something |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | uskodak | to believe; to have faith |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wunskijaną | to wish, to desire |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wunskaz | wish |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wun- | — |