Where does “keuhkopöhö” come from?

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

keuhkopöhö (Finnish): pulmonary edema

Definitions

  1. pulmonary edema

Ancestry of “keuhkopöhö”, step by step

keuhkopöhö 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 pöhö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpöhöedema
Every word from Proto-Uralic kepä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kepedä →Every word from Finnish keveä →