Where does “hernia” come from?

Hernia comes from Latin hernia, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-, with the original sense and etymology of the root uncertain.

hernia (English): A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes...

Definitions

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	-tomy	Cutting, incision, section
2	Ancient Greek	τέμνω	I cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice
3	Proto-Indo-European	-né-	Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...