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Where does “kuivaliha” come from?

kuivaliha (Finnish) comes from Finnish liha, from Proto-Finnic liha, from Proto-Finnic liša.

kuivaliha (Finnish): dried meat, biltong, jerk

Definitions

  1. dried meat, biltong, jerk

Ancestry of “kuivaliha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihameat; flesh
2Proto-Finniclihameat
3Proto-Finnicliša—
Every word from Proto-Finnic liša →