Where does “kivipölykeuhko” come from?

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

kivipölykeuhko (Finnish): silicosis

Definitions

  1. silicosis

Ancestry of “kivipölykeuhko”, step by step

kivipölykeuhko 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 kivipöly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkivipölystone dust, rock dust
2Finnishkivistone; a piece of stone which is larger than a...
3Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
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