Where does “keuhkovaltimorunko” come from?

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

keuhkovaltimorunko (Finnish): pulmonary trunk

Definitions

  1. pulmonary trunk

Ancestry of “keuhkovaltimorunko”, step by step

keuhkovaltimorunko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keuhkovaltimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeuhkovaltimopulmonary artery
2Finnishkeuhkolung
3Finnishkevytlight, lightweight
4Finnishkeveälightweight
5Proto-Finnickepedälight, of little weight
6Proto-Uralickepälight, of little weight

via Finnish runko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrunkotrunk; hull; body
2Proto-Finnicrunkabody, torso
Every word from Proto-Uralic kepä →