Where does “syöpä” come from?

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

syöpä (Finnish): cancer; Third-person singular indicative present...

Definitions

  1. cancer; Third-person singular indicative present...

Ancestry of “syöpä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyödäto eat; to wear out, to tire, to strain; to...
2Proto-Finnicsöödäkto eat
3Proto-Indo-EuropeansuH-é—

Words derived from “syöpä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European suH-é →Every word from Proto-Finnic söödäk →Every word from Finnish syödä →