Where does “kuivaliha” come from?

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

kuivaliha (Finnish): dried meat, biltong, jerk

Definitions

  1. dried meat, biltong, jerk

Ancestry of “kuivaliha”, step by step

kuivaliha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liha

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

via Finnish kuiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuivadry; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Proto-Finnickuivadry

Words derived from “kuivaliha”

Every word from Proto-Finnic liša →Every word from Proto-Finnic liha →Every word from Finnish liha →