Where does “lihakeitto” come from?

lihakeitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish keitto, from Finnish keittää, from Proto-Uralic keje-.

lihakeitto (Finnish): meat soup

Definitions

  1. meat soup

Ancestry of “lihakeitto”, step by step

lihakeitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeittosoup; boiling; booze
2FinnishkeittääTo boil; to boil over; To cook; To cook up
3Proto-Uralickeje-—

via Finnish liha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihameat; flesh
2Proto-Finniclihameat
3Proto-Finniclišaaddition, increase
Every word from Proto-Uralic keje- →Every word from Finnish keittää →Every word from Finnish keitto →