Where does “napatyrä” come from?

napatyrä (Finnish) comes from Finnish napa, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *napa.

napatyrä (Finnish): hernia umbilicalis

Definitions

  1. hernia umbilicalis

Ancestry of “napatyrä”, step by step

napatyrä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish napa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnapanavel; pole; pivot
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*napa—

via Finnish tyrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtyräA hernia
2Proto-Finnictüräpenis
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *napa →Every word from Finnish napa →