Where does “keuhkosyöpä” come from?

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

keuhkosyöpä (Finnish): lung cancer

Definitions

lung cancer

Ancestry of “keuhkosyöpä”, step by step

keuhkosyöpä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keuhko

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	keuhko	lung
2	Finnish	kevyt	light, lightweight
3	Finnish	keveä	lightweight
4	Proto-Finnic	kepedä	light, of little weight
5	Proto-Uralic	kepä	light, of little weight

via Finnish syöpä

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	syöpä	cancer; Third-person singular indicative present...
2	Finnish	syödä	to eat; to wear out, to tire, to strain; to...
3	Proto-Finnic	söödäk	to eat
4	Proto-Indo-European	suH-é	—

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