Where does “peniskateus” come from?

peniskateus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kateus, from Finnish kade, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kadëh, from Proto-Germanic skaþiz.

peniskateus (Finnish): penis envy

Definitions

  1. penis envy

Ancestry of “peniskateus”, step by step

peniskateus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kateus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkateusenvy
2Finnishkadeenvious
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*kadëh—
4Proto-Germanicskaþiz—

via Finnish penis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpenispenis
2Latinpēnistail
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpē̆s-to blow
Every word from Proto-Germanic skaþiz →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kadëh →Every word from Finnish kade →
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