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Where does “keuhkoemfyseema” come from?

keuhkoemfyseema (Finnish) comes from Finnish keuhko, from Finnish kevyt, from Finnish keveä, from Proto-Finnic kepedä, from Proto-Uralic kepä — light, of little weight.

keuhkoemfyseema (Finnish): pulmonary emphysema

Definitions

  1. pulmonary emphysema

Ancestry of “keuhkoemfyseema”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeuhkolung
2Finnishkevytlight, lightweight
3Finnishkeveälightweight
4Proto-Finnickepedä—
5Proto-Uralickepälight, of little weight
Every word from Proto-Uralic kepä →