Where does “lihavointi” come from?

lihavointi (Finnish) comes from Finnish lihavoida, from Finnish lihava, from Proto-Finnic lihaba, from Proto-Finnic liha, from Proto-Finnic liša — addition, increase.

lihavointi (Finnish): bolding

Definitions

  1. bolding

Ancestry of “lihavointi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihavoidato bold
2Finnishlihavafat
3Proto-Finniclihabafat, having much meat
4Proto-Finniclihameat
5Proto-Finniclišaaddition, increase
Every word from Proto-Finnic liša →Every word from Proto-Finnic liha →Every word from Proto-Finnic lihaba →