Where does “kuppapahkura” come from?

kuppapahkura (Finnish) comes from Finnish pahkura, from Finnish pahka, from Proto-Finnic pahka, from Proto-Uralic pakša.

kuppapahkura (Finnish): gumma soft, non-cancerous growth resulting from the tertiary stage of syphilis

Definitions

  1. gumma soft, non-cancerous growth resulting from the tertiary stage of syphilis

Ancestry of “kuppapahkura”, step by step

kuppapahkura traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pahkura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpahkurawart
2Finnishpahkaburl US, bur, burr, gnarl tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner
3Proto-Finnicpahkaburl, burr, gnarl
4Proto-Uralicpakša—

via Finnish kuppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuppasyphilis
Every word from Proto-Uralic pakša →Every word from Proto-Finnic pahka →Every word from Finnish pahka →
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