Where does “lihakirves” come from?

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

lihakirves (Finnish): A meat cleaver

Definitions

  1. A meat cleaver

Ancestry of “lihakirves”, step by step

lihakirves traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihameat; flesh
2Proto-Finniclihameat
3Proto-Finniclišaaddition, increase

via Finnish kirves

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirvesaxe
2Proto-Finnickirvesaxe
Every word from Proto-Finnic liša →Every word from Proto-Finnic liha →Every word from Finnish liha →