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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.

lihavointi (Finnish): bolding

Definitions

  1. bolding

Ancestry of “lihavointi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihavoidato bold
2Finnishlihavafat
3Proto-Finniclihabafat, having much meat
4Proto-Finniclihameat
5Proto-Finnicliša—
Every word from Proto-Finnic liša →