Where does “lihaisa” come from?

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

lihaisa (Finnish): fleshy, meaty

Definitions

  1. fleshy, meaty

Ancestry of “lihaisa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihameat; flesh
2Proto-Finniclihameat
3Proto-Finniclišaaddition, increase
Every word from Proto-Finnic lišaEvery word from Proto-Finnic lihaEvery word from Finnish liha
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