Where does “leikemakkara” come from?

leikemakkara (Finnish) comes from Finnish leike, from Finnish leikata, from Proto-Finnic leik'at'ak — to cut.

Ancestry of “leikemakkara”, step by step

leikemakkara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikeescalope; clip, clipping
2Finnishleikatato cut; to incise; to mow
3Proto-Finnicleik'at'akto cut

via Finnish makkara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmakkarasausage
Every word from Proto-Finnic leik'at'ak →Every word from Finnish leikata →Every word from Finnish leike →
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