Where does “kurkunpääsyöpä” come from?
kurkunpääsyöpä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kurkunpää, from Finnish kurkku, from Swedish gurka, from Low German Gurk, from Middle Low German augurke, from Polish ogórek, from Greek άγουρος, from Ancient Greek ἄωρος — together, one.
kurkunpääsyöpä (Finnish): laryngeal cancer
Definitions
- laryngeal cancer
Ancestry of “kurkunpääsyöpä”, step by step
kurkunpääsyöpä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kurkunpää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kurkunpää | larynx, voice box; laryngeal |
| 2 | Finnish | kurkku | throat; beard; cucumber |
| 3 | Swedish | gurka | a cucumber |
| 4 | Low German | Gurk | cucumber |
| 5 | Middle Low German | augurke | — |
| 6 | Polish | ogórek | cucumber; gherkin |
| 7 | Greek | άγουρος | unripe, green; immature; inexperienced |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἄωρος | untimely, unseasonable; unripe; without youthful... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |