Where does “kuivalihakeitto” come from?

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

kuivalihakeitto (Finnish): dried meat soup

Definitions

  1. dried meat soup

Ancestry of “kuivalihakeitto”, step by step

kuivalihakeitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuivaliha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuivalihadried meat, biltong, jerk
2Finnishlihameat; flesh
3Proto-Finniclihameat
4Proto-Finniclišaaddition, increase

via Finnish keitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeittosoup; boiling; booze
2FinnishkeittääTo boil; to boil over; To cook; To cook up
3Proto-Uralickeje-—
Every word from Proto-Finnic liša →Every word from Proto-Finnic liha →Every word from Finnish liha →