Where does “kissanliha” come from?

kissanliha (Finnish) comes from Finnish kissa, from Swedish kisse, from Swedish kiss — pee, wee, tinkle, urine.

kissanliha (Finnish): cat meat

Definitions

  1. cat meat

Ancestry of “kissanliha”, step by step

kissanliha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kissa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkissacat; cat, chick, fox
2Swedishkissecat, kitty
3Swedishkisspee, wee, tinkle, urine

via Finnish liha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihameat; flesh
2Proto-Finniclihameat
3Proto-Finniclišaaddition, increase
Every word from Swedish kiss →Every word from Swedish kisse →Every word from Finnish kissa →
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