Where does “vitamiiniköyhä” come from?

vitamiiniköyhä (Finnish) comes from Finnish vitamiini, from English vitamin, from English vitamine, from English amine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.

vitamiiniköyhä (Finnish): poor in vitamin

Definitions

  1. poor in vitamin

Ancestry of “vitamiiniköyhä”, step by step

vitamiiniköyhä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vitamiini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvitamiinivitamin
2EnglishvitaminAny of a specific group of organic compounds...
3EnglishvitamineObsolete form of vitamin
4EnglishamineA functional group formally derived from ammonia...
5English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
6French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
7Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
8Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
9Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
10Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
11Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via Finnish köyhä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishköyhäpoor with few or no possessions or money
2Proto-Finnickeühäpoor
3Proto-Germanicskeuhazfrightened; shy; timid; bashful; coy; reserved;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskewkós
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from English -ineEvery word from French -ine