Where does “lihota” come from?

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

lihota (Finnish): To gain weight, to fatten; Indicative present...

Definitions

  1. To gain weight, to fatten; Indicative present...

Ancestry of “lihota”, step by step

lihota traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lihoa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlihoaTo put on weight, fatten
2Finnishlihameat; flesh
3Proto-Finniclihameat
4Proto-Finniclišaaddition, increase

via Finnish tä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtäwhat
2FinnishmitäPartitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...

via Proto-Oceanic *likot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanic*likot—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ligət—

Words derived from “lihota”

Every word from Proto-Finnic liša →Every word from Proto-Finnic liha →Every word from Finnish liha →