Where does “leukemiapotilas” come from?

leukemiapotilas (Finnish) comes from Finnish potilas, from Finnish potea, from Proto-Finnic potedak, from Proto-Finnic poče-.

leukemiapotilas (Finnish): leukemia patient, leukemia victim

Definitions

  1. leukemia patient, leukemia victim

Ancestry of “leukemiapotilas”, step by step

leukemiapotilas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish potilas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpotilaspatient
2FinnishpoteaTo be sick with, have, suffer from
3Proto-Finnicpotedakto be sick with, to suffer from
4Proto-Finnicpoče-—

via Finnish leukemia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleukemialeukemia
Every word from Proto-Finnic poče- →Every word from Proto-Finnic potedak →Every word from Finnish potea →
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