Where does “kilpirauhassyöpä” come from?

kilpirauhassyöpä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kilpirauhanen, from Finnish rauhanen, from Finnish Rauha, from Finnish rauha, from Proto-Finnic rauha — peace, tranquility.

kilpirauhassyöpä (Finnish): thyroid cancer

Definitions

  1. thyroid cancer

Ancestry of “kilpirauhassyöpä”, step by step

kilpirauhassyöpä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kilpirauhanen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkilpirauhanenthyroid gland
2Finnishrauhanengland
3FinnishRauhapeace, harmony, calm state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony
4Finnishrauhapeace, harmony, calm; peace
5Proto-Finnicrauhapeace, tranquility

via Finnish syöpä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyöpäcancer; Third-person singular indicative present...
2Finnishsyödäto eat; to wear out, to tire, to strain; to...
3Proto-Finnicsöödäkto eat
4Proto-Indo-EuropeansuH-é
Every word from Proto-Finnic rauhaEvery word from Finnish rauhaEvery word from Finnish Rauha