Where does “maksasammal” come from?

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

maksasammal (Finnish): liverwort, hepatic

Definitions

  1. liverwort, hepatic

Ancestry of “maksasammal”, step by step

maksasammal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maksa

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

via Finnish sammal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsammalbryophyte; moss
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*sammal—

Words derived from “maksasammal”

Every word from Proto-Uralic mëksa →Every word from Proto-Finnic maksa →Every word from Finnish maksa →