Where does “makuladegeneraatio” come from?

makuladegeneraatio (Finnish) comes from Hungarian makula, from Latin Macula, from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂, from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁- — smear, rub.

makuladegeneraatio (Finnish): macular degeneration

Definitions

  1. macular degeneration

Ancestry of “makuladegeneraatio”, step by step

makuladegeneraatio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian makula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmakulamacula; spot, stain; fault, blemish
2LatinMacula
3Proto-Indo-Europeansmh₁-tleh₂
4Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₁-smear, rub

via Finnish degeneraatio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishdegeneraatiodegeneration
2Latindegeneratio
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂Every word from Latin Macula