Where does “lihaveitsi” come from?

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

lihaveitsi (Finnish): butcher knife, meat carving knife, meat cleaver

Definitions

  1. butcher knife, meat carving knife, meat cleaver

Ancestry of “lihaveitsi”, step by step

lihaveitsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liha

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

via Finnish veitsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveitsiknife
2Proto-Finnicveicciknife
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwäŋćɜ—
Every word from Proto-Finnic liša →Every word from Proto-Finnic liha →Every word from Finnish liha →
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