Where does “keuhkoklamydia” come from?

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

keuhkoklamydia (Finnish): chlamydia pneumoniae

Definitions

  1. chlamydia pneumoniae

Ancestry of “keuhkoklamydia”, step by step

keuhkoklamydia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keuhko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeuhkolung
2Finnishkevytlight, lightweight
3Finnishkeveälightweight
4Proto-Finnickepedälight, of little weight
5Proto-Uralickepälight, of little weight

via Finnish klamydia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishklamydiachlamydia
2Ancient Greekχλαμύδιονsmall cloak
3Ancient Greekχλαμύςcloak, robe, mantle
4Ancient GreekσαῦροςAlternative form of σαύρᾱ; horse mackerel
5Ancient Greekσαύραlizard
Every word from Proto-Uralic kepä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kepedä →Every word from Finnish keveä →