Where does “kaljamaha” come from?

kaljamaha (Finnish) comes from Finnish maha, from Proto-Finnic maha — stomach, belly.

kaljamaha (Finnish): beer belly

Definitions

  1. beer belly

Ancestry of “kaljamaha”, step by step

kaljamaha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmahabelly
2Proto-Finnicmahastomach, belly

via Finnish kalja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaljabeer; "short for" kotikalja; kvass
2FinnishkalejaPartitive plural form of kali
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