Where does “maksalohko” come from?
maksalohko (Finnish) comes from Finnish lohko, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
maksalohko (Finnish): lobe of the liver
Ancestry of “maksalohko”, step by step
maksalohko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lohko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lohko | section; lobe; block, chunk |
| 2 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
via Finnish maksa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maksa | liver; Indicative present connegative form of... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | maksa | liver |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | mëksa | liver |