Where does “maksahaima” come from?

maksahaima (Finnish) comes from Finnish maksa, from Proto-Finnic maksa, from Proto-Uralic mëksa — liver.

maksahaima (Finnish): hepatopancreas, tomalley

Definitions

  1. hepatopancreas, tomalley

Ancestry of “maksahaima”, step by step

maksahaima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maksa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaksaliver; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Proto-Finnicmaksaliver
3Proto-Uralicmëksaliver

via Finnish haima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaimapancreas
Every word from Proto-Uralic mëksa →Every word from Proto-Finnic maksa →Every word from Finnish maksa →
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