Where does “kokoliha” come from?

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

kokoliha (Finnish): whole meat, unground meat any variety of meat that has not been ground or minced

Definitions

  1. whole meat, unground meat any variety of meat that has not been ground or minced

Ancestry of “kokoliha”, step by step

kokoliha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liha

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

via Finnish koko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkokowhole, entire; all; see all day, all night; heap
2Proto-Finnickokowhole, entire, all

Words derived from “kokoliha

Every word from Proto-Finnic liša