Where does “keuhkovaltimo” come from?

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

keuhkovaltimo (Finnish): pulmonary artery

Definitions

  1. pulmonary artery

Ancestry of “keuhkovaltimo”, step by step

keuhkovaltimo 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 valtimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaltimoartery
2Finnishvalta-main, principal

Words derived from “keuhkovaltimo”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kepä →
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