Where does “maksaläiskä” come from?

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

maksaläiskä (Finnish): liver spot

Definitions

  1. liver spot

Ancestry of “maksaläiskä”, step by step

maksaläiskä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maksa

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

via Finnish läiskä

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