Where does “ihomelanooma” come from?

ihomelanooma (Finnish) comes from Finnish iho, from Proto-Finnic iho — skin; body.

ihomelanooma (Finnish): skin melanoma

Definitions

  1. skin melanoma

Ancestry of “ihomelanooma”, step by step

ihomelanooma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihoskin of a human being; skin of a human being or...
2Proto-Finnicihoskin; body

via Finnish melanooma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmelanoomamelanoma
Every word from Proto-Finnic iho →Every word from Finnish iho →
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