Where does “penissyöpä” come from?

penissyöpä (Finnish) comes from Finnish syöpä, from Finnish syödä, from Proto-Finnic söödäk, from Proto-Indo-European suH-é.

penissyöpä (Finnish): penile cancer

Definitions

  1. penile cancer

Ancestry of “penissyöpä”, step by step

penissyöpä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish syöpä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyöpäcancer; Third-person singular indicative present...
2Finnishsyödäto eat; to wear out, to tire, to strain; to...
3Proto-Finnicsöödäkto eat
4Proto-Indo-EuropeansuH-é—

via Finnish penis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpenispenis
2Latinpēnistail
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpē̆s-to blow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European suH-é →Every word from Proto-Finnic söödäk →Every word from Finnish syödä →