Where does “lihapitoisuus” come from?

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

lihapitoisuus (Finnish): meat content

Definitions

  1. meat content

Ancestry of “lihapitoisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihapitoinencontaining (much) meat
2Finnishlihameat; flesh
3Proto-Finniclihameat
4Proto-Finniclišaaddition, increase
Every word from Proto-Finnic liša →Every word from Proto-Finnic liha →Every word from Finnish liha →