Where does “lihalehmä” come from?

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

lihalehmä (Finnish): beef cow

Definitions

  1. beef cow

Ancestry of “lihalehmä”, step by step

lihalehmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liha

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

via Finnish lehmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlehmäcow; any female ruminant; often with a modifier;...
2Proto-Finniclehmäcow
Every word from Proto-Finnic liša →Every word from Proto-Finnic liha →Every word from Finnish liha →