Where does “vaihtoehtolääke” come from?
vaihtoehtolääke (Finnish) comes from Finnish lääke, 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...
vaihtoehtolääke (Finnish): alternative medicine
Definitions
- alternative medicine
Ancestry of “vaihtoehtolääke”, step by step
vaihtoehtolääke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lääke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lääke | medicine substance, remedy, drug |
| 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 vaihtoehto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaihtoehto | alternative, option |
| 2 | Finnish | vaihto | exchange; swap; shift key |
| 3 | Finnish | vaihtaa | to change, replace; to exchange, switch; to swap |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | vaihtadak | to change |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -tadak | Forms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |