Where does “vesimyrkytys” come from?

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

vesimyrkytys (Finnish): water poisoning, water intoxication, hyperhydration potentially fatal disturbance in brain function that results when the water content of the body gets too high

Definitions

  1. water poisoning, water intoxication, hyperhydration potentially fatal disturbance in brain function that results when the water content of the body gets too high

Ancestry of “vesimyrkytys”, step by step

vesimyrkytys 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 vesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesiwater; lake; rheum
2Proto-Finnicveciwater
3Arabicوعاءvessel, container, bowl
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →