Where does “lihanuija” come from?

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

lihanuija (Finnish): meat tenderizer, meat hammer

Definitions

  1. meat tenderizer, meat hammer

Ancestry of “lihanuija”, step by step

lihanuija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liha

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

via Finnish nuija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuijaclub; mallet, maul; bludgeon
2Proto-Finnicnuijaclub, cudgel
Every word from Proto-Finnic liša →Every word from Proto-Finnic liha →Every word from Finnish liha →