Where does “syöpälapsi” come from?

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

syöpälapsi (Finnish): child with cancer

Definitions

  1. child with cancer

Ancestry of “syöpälapsi”, step by step

syöpälapsi 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 lapsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlapsichild
2Proto-Finniclapcichild
3Proto-Uraliclëpćecradle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European suH-é →Every word from Proto-Finnic söödäk →Every word from Finnish syödä →