Where does “pehmeä sankkeri” come from?

pehmeä sankkeri (Finnish) comes from Finnish sankkeri, from French chancre, from Middle French chancre, from Old French chancre, from Latin cancer, from Proto-Italic kankros, from Proto-Italic karkros, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-kr̥- — to cut, cut off, sever.

pehmeä sankkeri (Finnish): chancroid, soft chancre, ulcus molle

Definitions

  1. chancroid, soft chancre, ulcus molle

Ancestry of “pehmeä sankkeri”, step by step

pehmeä sankkeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sankkeri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsankkerichancre
2Frenchchancrelobster, crab; canker, chancre
3Middle Frenchchancrecancer
4Old Frenchchancre—
5Latincancera crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or...
6Proto-Italickankroscrab
7Proto-Italickarkrosenclosure, barrier
8Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-kr̥-circular
9Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
10Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Finnish pehmeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpehmeäsoft; silky; smooth
2Proto-Finnicpehmedäsoft
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-kr̥- →