Where does “nivustyrä” come from?

nivustyrä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tyrä, from Proto-Finnic türä — penis.

nivustyrä (Finnish): hernia inguinalis, inguinal hernia

Definitions

  1. hernia inguinalis, inguinal hernia

Ancestry of “nivustyrä”, step by step

nivustyrä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tyrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtyräA hernia
2Proto-Finnictüräpenis

via Finnish nivunen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnivunengroin
Every word from Proto-Finnic türäEvery word from Finnish tyrä