Where does “lehmänläjä” come from?

lehmänläjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish lehmä, from Proto-Finnic lehmä — cow.

lehmänläjä (Finnish): cowpie: meadow muffin US; cow pat, cow patty UK excrement of a cow

Definitions

  1. cowpie: meadow muffin US; cow pat, cow patty UK excrement of a cow

Ancestry of “lehmänläjä”, step by step

lehmänläjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lehmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlehmäcow; any female ruminant; often with a modifier;...
2Proto-Finniclehmäcow

via Finnish läjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishläjäheap, pile collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation
2Finnishläjähtääto make a slapping sound of a flat object, to splat, to splash
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