hermo
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Finnish
Etymology
Unknown. Has a variant hervo in dialects, which is the origin of hervoton; this hints at the meaning of "power, vigor, energy", which can be found in the folk language. The original meaning was perhaps "sinew". Possibly in some way related to hervota.
Pronunciation
Noun
hermo
- (anatomy) nerve (bundle of neurons)
- (often in the plural) nerve, nerves (one's ability to control oneself)
- Minulta menee kohta hermot.
- I'm about to lose my nerve.
- Hän on aivan hermona.
- She's just a bundle of nerves.
- Alat käydä hermoilleni.
- You are getting on my nerves.
- snap (card game)
Declension
| Inflection of hermo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hermo | hermot | ||
| genitive | hermon | hermojen | ||
| partitive | hermoa | hermoja | ||
| illative | hermoon | hermoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | hermo | hermot | ||
| accusative | nom. | hermo | hermot | |
| gen. | hermon | |||
| genitive | hermon | hermojen | ||
| partitive | hermoa | hermoja | ||
| inessive | hermossa | hermoissa | ||
| elative | hermosta | hermoista | ||
| illative | hermoon | hermoihin | ||
| adessive | hermolla | hermoilla | ||
| ablative | hermolta | hermoilta | ||
| allative | hermolle | hermoille | ||
| essive | hermona | hermoina | ||
| translative | hermoksi | hermoiksi | ||
| abessive | hermotta | hermoitta | ||
| instructive | — | hermoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Derived terms
compounds
- aivohermo
- alaleukahermo
- elinhermo
- hajuhermo
- hammashermo
- heikkohermoinen
- herkkähermoinen
- hermoheikko
- hermoheikkous
- hermoherkkä
- hermoimpulssi
- hermojuuri
- hermojännitys
- hermojärjestelmä
- hermokaasu
- hermokanava
- hermokeskus
- hermokimppu
- hermokirurgia
- hermokoe
- hermokudos
- hermolepo
- hermoliitos
- hermolääkäri
- hermomyrkky
- hermopaine
- hermopinne
- hermopiste
- hermopunos
- hermopääte
- hermorasitus
- hermorata
- hermoraunio
- hermoromahdus
- hermosairas
- hermosairaus
- hermosavut
- hermosolmu
- hermosolu
- hermosota
- hermosyy
- hermosäie
- hermosärky
- hermotauti
- hermotautioppi
- hermotukisolu
- hermotulehdus
- hermotuppi
- hermoverkko
- hermovälittäjäaine
- hermoväre
- hermoärsyke
- hyvähermoinen
- häpyhermo
- iskiashermo
- kainalohermo
- kasvohermo
- kaulahermo
- keskihermo
- kieli-kitahermo
- kiertäjähermo
- kolmoishermo
- kuulohermo
- kuulo-tasapainohermo
- kylkivälihermo
- kylmähermoinen
- kyynärhermo
- lihas-ihohermo
- liikehermo
- lisähermo
- lonkkahermo
- lujahermoinen
- makuhermo
- menettää hermonsa
- monihermosairaus
- naamahermo
- nauruhermo
- näköhermo
- olkahermopunos
- palleahermo
- pohjehermo
- pohjeihohermo
- rautahermoinen
- reisihermo
- rintahermo
- ristihermo
- selkäydinhermo
- silmähermo
- sydänhermo
- säärihermo
- telahermo
- teräshermoinen
- tuntohermo
- vagushermo
- vahvahermoinen
- värttinähermo
- yläleukahermo
- ääreishermo
- ääreishermosairaus
Further reading
- “hermo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02