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Where does “kohtusyöpä” come from?

kohtusyöpä (Finnish) comes from Finnish syöpä, from Finnish syödä, from Proto-Finnic söödäk, from Proto-Indo-European suH-é.

kohtusyöpä (Finnish): uterine cancer

Definitions

  1. uterine cancer

Ancestry of “kohtusyöpä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyöpäcancer; Third-person singular indicative present...
2Finnishsyödäto eat; to wear out, to tire, to strain; to...
3Proto-Finnicsöödäkto eat
4Proto-Indo-EuropeansuH-é—
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