Where does “verisyöpä” come from?

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

verisyöpä (Finnish): blood cancer

Definitions

  1. blood cancer

Ancestry of “verisyöpä”, step by step

verisyöpä 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 veri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveriblood
2Proto-Finnicveriblood
3Proto-Uralicwereblood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European suH-é →Every word from Proto-Finnic söödäk →Every word from Finnish syödä →
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