Where does “keuhkolohko” come from?

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

keuhkolohko (Finnish): lobe, pulmonary lobe

Definitions

  1. lobe, pulmonary lobe

Ancestry of “keuhkolohko”, step by step

keuhkolohko 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 lohko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlohkosection; lobe; block, chunk
2Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kepä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kepedä →Every word from Finnish keveä →