Where does “pernasyöpä” come from?

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

pernasyöpä (Finnish): spleen cancer

Definitions

  1. spleen cancer

Ancestry of “pernasyöpä”, step by step

pernasyöpä 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 perna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpernaspleen
2Proto-Finnicpernaspleen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European suH-é →Every word from Proto-Finnic söödäk →Every word from Finnish syödä →