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Where does “haimasyöpä” come from?

haimasyöpä (Finnish) comes from Finnish syöpä, from Finnish syödä, from Proto-Finnic söödäk, from Proto-Indo-European suH-é.

haimasyöpä (Finnish): pancreatic cancer

Definitions

  1. pancreatic cancer

Ancestry of “haimasyöpä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyöpäcancer; Third-person singular indicative present...
2Finnishsyödäto eat; to wear out, to tire, to strain; to...
3Proto-Finnicsöödäkto eat
4Proto-Indo-EuropeansuH-é—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European suH-é →