Where does “mahasyöpä” come from?

mahasyöpä (Finnish) comes from Finnish syöpä, from Finnish syödä, from Proto-Finnic söödäk, from Proto-Indo-European suH-é.

mahasyöpä (Finnish): stomach cancer, gastric cancer, bowel cancer

Definitions

  1. stomach cancer, gastric cancer, bowel cancer

Ancestry of “mahasyöpä”, step by step

mahasyöpä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish syöpä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyöpäcancer; Third-person singular indicative present...
2Finnishsyödäto eat; to wear out, to tire, to strain; to...
3Proto-Finnicsöödäkto eat
4Proto-Indo-EuropeansuH-é—

via Finnish maha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmahabelly
2Proto-Finnicmahastomach, belly
Every word from Proto-Indo-European suH-é →Every word from Proto-Finnic söödäk →Every word from Finnish syödä →