Where does “lastenreuma” come from?

lastenreuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish lapsi, from Proto-Finnic lapci, from Proto-Uralic lëpće — cradle.

lastenreuma (Finnish): juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Definitions

  1. juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Ancestry of “lastenreuma”, step by step

lastenreuma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lapsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlapsichild
2Proto-Finniclapcichild
3Proto-Uraliclëpćecradle

via Finnish reuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreumarheumatism
2Swedishreuma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic lëpće →Every word from Proto-Finnic lapci →Every word from Finnish lapsi →