Where does “vuodeosasto” come from?

vuodeosasto (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuode, from Finnish vuota, from Proto-Finnic voota, from Proto-Finnic vootadak, from Proto-Finnic voo, from Proto-Uralic uwa- — to flow.

vuodeosasto (Finnish): inpatient ward, medical ward

Definitions

  1. inpatient ward, medical ward

Ancestry of “vuodeosasto”, step by step

vuodeosasto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vuode

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuodebed
2Finnishvuotahide, pelt; Partitive singular form of vuo
3Proto-Finnicvootahide, pelt
4Proto-Finnicvootadakto flow; to trickle, to seep; to leak
5Proto-Finnicvooflow
6Proto-Uralicuwa-to flow

via Finnish osasto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishosastodepartment; compartment; section
2Finnish-stoForms collective nouns from nouns indicating...
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Uralic uwa- →Every word from Proto-Finnic voo →Every word from Proto-Finnic vootadak →