Where does “maksaläikkä” come from?

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

maksaläikkä (Finnish): liver spot, chloasma

Definitions

  1. liver spot, chloasma

Ancestry of “maksaläikkä”, step by step

maksaläikkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maksa

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

via Finnish läikkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishläikkäspot, splotch
Every word from Proto-Uralic mëksa →Every word from Proto-Finnic maksa →Every word from Finnish maksa →
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