Where does “syöpäkasvain” come from?

syöpäkasvain (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasvain, from Finnish kasvaa, from Proto-Finnic kasvadak, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewks-.

syöpäkasvain (Finnish): tumour/tumor

Definitions

  1. tumour/tumor

Ancestry of “syöpäkasvain”, step by step

syöpäkasvain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kasvain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasvaintumour/tumor
2Finnishkasvaato grow
3Proto-Finnickasvadakto grow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewks-—

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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewks- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kasvadak →Every word from Finnish kasvaa →