Where does “lihapasteija” come from?

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

lihapasteija (Finnish): meat puff pastry, (flaky) meat pie

Definitions

  1. meat puff pastry, (flaky) meat pie

Ancestry of “lihapasteija”, step by step

lihapasteija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liha

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

via Finnish pasteija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpasteijapasty; paste
2Swedishpastejpâté
3Low Germanpasteie—
Every word from Proto-Finnic liša →