Where does “kivessyöpä” come from?
kivessyöpä (Finnish) comes from Finnish syöpä, from Finnish syödä, from Proto-Finnic söödäk, from Proto-Indo-European suH-é.
kivessyöpä (Finnish): testicular cancer
Ancestry of “kivessyöpä”, step by step
kivessyöpä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |
via Finnish kives
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kives | testicle; A stone inside birch bark, used as... |
| 2 | Finnish | -s | Forms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -nci | Forms ordinal numbers from the corresponding... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -mte | — |