Where does “maksakirroosi” come from?

maksakirroosi (Finnish) comes from Finnish maksa, from Proto-Finnic maksa, from Proto-Uralic mëksa — liver.

maksakirroosi (Finnish): liver cirrhosis

Definitions

  1. liver cirrhosis

Ancestry of “maksakirroosi”, step by step

maksakirroosi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maksa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaksaliver; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Proto-Finnicmaksaliver
3Proto-Uralicmëksaliver

via Finnish kirroosi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirroosicirrhosis
2Ancient Greekκιρρόςorange, tawny
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