Where does “maksamyrkky” come from?

maksamyrkky (Finnish) comes from Finnish myrkky, from Proto-Finnic mürkkü, from Proto-Finnic merkkü.

maksamyrkky (Finnish): hepatotoxin

Definitions

  1. hepatotoxin

Ancestry of “maksamyrkky”, step by step

maksamyrkky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish myrkky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyrkkypoison; venom
2Proto-Finnicmürkküpoison
3Proto-Finnicmerkkü—

via Finnish maksa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaksaliver; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Proto-Finnicmaksaliver
3Proto-Uralicmëksaliver
Every word from Proto-Finnic merkkü →Every word from Proto-Finnic mürkkü →Every word from Finnish myrkky →
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