Where does “valtimonsyke” come from?

valtimonsyke (Finnish) comes from Finnish syke, from Finnish sykkiä, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

valtimonsyke (Finnish): arterial pulse

Definitions

  1. arterial pulse

Ancestry of “valtimonsyke”, step by step

valtimonsyke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish syke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsykepulse, heartbeat; heart rate
2Finnishsykkiäto pulse, pulsate; to beat, throb; to be aroused
3Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
4Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
5Proto-Uralic-j-—

via Finnish valtimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaltimoartery
2Finnishvalta-main, principal
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →