Where does “lehtimaha” come from?

lehtimaha (Finnish) comes from Finnish maha, from Proto-Finnic maha — stomach, belly.

lehtimaha (Finnish): omasum

Definitions

  1. omasum

Ancestry of “lehtimaha”, step by step

lehtimaha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmahabelly
2Proto-Finnicmahastomach, belly

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Proto-Finnic maha →Every word from Finnish maha →