Where does “karitsanliha” come from?

karitsanliha (Finnish) comes from Finnish liha, from Proto-Finnic liha, from Proto-Finnic liša — addition, increase.

karitsanliha (Finnish): lamb meat

Definitions

  1. lamb meat

Ancestry of “karitsanliha”, step by step

karitsanliha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihameat; flesh
2Proto-Finniclihameat
3Proto-Finniclišaaddition, increase

via Finnish karitsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkaritsaA lamb
2Proto-Finnickargiccalamb (young sheep)
Every word from Proto-Finnic liša →Every word from Proto-Finnic liha →Every word from Finnish liha →