Where does “ruumiinmato” come from?

ruumiinmato (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruumiin, from Finnish ruumis, from Proto-Finnic ruumis — body.

ruumiinmato (Finnish): cancer

Definitions

  1. cancer

Ancestry of “ruumiinmato”, step by step

ruumiinmato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruumiin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishruumiinGenitive singular form of ruumis; of the body;...
2Finnishruumisbody; corpse, cadaver
3Proto-Finnicruumisbody

via Finnish mato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatoworm; maggot; tilde
2Proto-Finnicmatoworm
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmačo—
Every word from Proto-Finnic ruumis →Every word from Finnish ruumis →Every word from Finnish ruumiin →