Where does “verenmyrkytys” come from?

verenmyrkytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish myrkytys, from Finnish myrkyttää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

verenmyrkytys (Finnish): sepsis, blood poisoning; septicemia, septicaemia,...

Definitions

  1. sepsis, blood poisoning; septicemia, septicaemia,...

Ancestry of “verenmyrkytys”, step by step

verenmyrkytys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish myrkytys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyrkytyspoisoning
2FinnishmyrkyttääTo poison
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish veri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveriblood
2Proto-Finnicveriblood
3Proto-Uralicwereblood
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →