Where does “ihorasva” come from?

ihorasva (Finnish) comes from Finnish rasva, from Proto-Finnic rasva — fat.

ihorasva (Finnish): skin cream

Definitions

  1. skin cream

Ancestry of “ihorasva”, step by step

ihorasva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rasva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrasvafat; grease; ointment
2Proto-Finnicrasvafat

via Finnish iho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihoskin of a human being; skin of a human being or...
2Proto-Finnicihoskin; body
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