Where does “livmoderhalscancer” come from?

livmoderhalscancer (Swedish) comes from Swedish livmoderhals, from Swedish livmoder, from Swedish liv, from Old Swedish līf, from Old Norse líf, from Proto-Germanic lībą, from Proto-Germanic lībaną, from Proto-Indo-European leyp- — to leave, let; to want, desire; to let; leave...

livmoderhalscancer (Swedish): cervical cancer

Definitions

  1. cervical cancer

Ancestry of “livmoderhalscancer”, step by step

livmoderhalscancer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish livmoderhals

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishlivmoderhalscervix (lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina)
2Swedishlivmoderwomb, uterus
3Swedishlivlife, lifetime, existence; living being,...
4Old Swedishlīf
5Old Norselíflife
6Proto-Germaniclībąbody; life
7Proto-Germaniclībanąto remain, to be left
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleyp-to stick; fat or sticky substance
9Proto-Indo-Europeanlēy-to leave, let; to want, desire; to let; leave...

via Swedish cancer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishcancercancer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lēy-Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyp-Every word from Proto-Germanic lībaną