Where does “nenä-mahaletku” come from?

nenä-mahaletku (Finnish) comes from Finnish nenä, from Proto-Finnic nenä — nose.

nenä-mahaletku (Finnish): nasogastric tube

Definitions

  1. nasogastric tube

Ancestry of “nenä-mahaletku”, step by step

nenä-mahaletku traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nenä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnenänose; rhinarium, nose leather
2Proto-Finnicnenänose

via Finnish maha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmahabelly
2Proto-Finnicmahastomach, belly

via Finnish letku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishletkuA hosepipe, hose
2Russianплёткаwhip
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