Where does “lihaviipale” come from?

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

lihaviipale (Finnish): slice of meat, cut of meat

Definitions

  1. slice of meat, cut of meat

Ancestry of “lihaviipale”, step by step

lihaviipale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liha

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

via Finnish viipale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviipalepiece, slice
2Finnishvije-—
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