Where does “ihmissyönti” come from?

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

ihmissyönti (Finnish): anthropophagy; cannibalism

Definitions

  1. anthropophagy; cannibalism

Ancestry of “ihmissyönti”, step by step

ihmissyönti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish syönti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyöntieating
2Finnishsyödäto eat; to wear out, to tire, to strain; to...
3Proto-Finnicsöödäkto eat
4Proto-Indo-EuropeansuH-é—

via Finnish ihminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihminenhuman, human being; person
2Finnishinhiminen—
3Proto-Finnicinhiminenhuman, human being
Every word from Proto-Indo-European suH-é →Every word from Proto-Finnic söödäk →Every word from Finnish syödä →