Where does “ulkus tekan” come from?

ulkus tekan (Indonesian) comes from Finnish ulkus, from Latin ulcus, from Latin olcos, from Proto-Italic elkos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁élḱos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁elḱ-.

ulkus tekan (Indonesian): pressure ulcer, bedsore

Definitions

  1. pressure ulcer, bedsore

Ancestry of “ulkus tekan”, step by step

ulkus tekan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ulkus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishulkus—
2Latinulcussore, ulcer, wound
3Latinolcos—
4Proto-Italicelkos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁élḱoswound, illness, ulcer; wound, sore, ulcer
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁elḱ-—

via Indonesian tekan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantekanto press
2Malaytekanto press
3Proto-Malayic*təkənto press down
4Proto-Austronesian*təkən—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁elḱ- →