Where does “keittoliha” come from?

keittoliha (Finnish) comes from Finnish keitto, from Finnish keittää, from Proto-Uralic keje-.

keittoliha (Finnish): meat for a soup

Definitions

  1. meat for a soup

Ancestry of “keittoliha”, step by step

keittoliha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeittosoup; boiling; booze
2FinnishkeittääTo boil; to boil over; To cook; To cook up
3Proto-Uralickeje-—

via Finnish liha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihameat; flesh
2Proto-Finniclihameat
3Proto-Finniclišaaddition, increase
Every word from Proto-Uralic keje- →Every word from Finnish keittää →Every word from Finnish keitto →