Where does “emlőrák” come from?

emlőrák (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian emlő, from Proto-Uralic ime-, from Hungarian ím, from Hungarian i, from Hungarian e, from Proto-Uralic e- — this; not; the negative verb.

emlőrák (Hungarian): breast cancer

Definitions

  1. breast cancer

Ancestry of “emlőrák”, step by step

emlőrák traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian emlő

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianemlőbreast, mamma; udder
2Proto-Uralicime-to suck
3Hungarianímbehold! see! lo!
4Hungarianismall, young
5Hungarianethis; look!, hey!
6Proto-Uralice-this; not; the negative verb

via Hungarian Rák

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianRákCancer
2Proto-Slavicrakъcrayfish
3Proto-Balto-Slavicrṓˀkas—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwreh₃kʷoslooking backwards
Every word from Proto-Uralic e- →Every word from Hungarian e →Every word from Hungarian i →