Where does “mätäpaise” come from?

mätäpaise (Finnish) comes from Finnish paise, from Proto-Finnic paisek, from Proto-Finnic -ek, from Proto-Uralic -ek — Forms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...

mätäpaise (Finnish): abscess

Definitions

  1. abscess

Ancestry of “mätäpaise”, step by step

mätäpaise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paise

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaiseabscess; bubo
2Proto-Finnicpaisekboil, abscess
3Proto-Finnic-ekForms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...
4Proto-Uralic-ekForms instrument nouns from verbs; Forms result...

via Finnish mätä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmätärotten; fishy; pus
2Proto-Finnicmätäpus; rotten
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ek →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ek →Every word from Proto-Finnic paisek →