Where does “kielimakkara” come from?

kielimakkara (Finnish) comes from Finnish kieli, from Proto-Finnic keeli, from Proto-Uralic käle — tongue; language.

kielimakkara (Finnish): tongue sausage

Definitions

  1. tongue sausage

Ancestry of “kielimakkara”, step by step

kielimakkara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kieli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkielitongue; language; string
2Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
3Proto-Uralickäletongue; language

via Finnish makkara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmakkarasausage
Every word from Proto-Uralic käle →