Where does “maksatäplä” come from?

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

maksatäplä (Finnish): liver spot

Definitions

  1. liver spot

Ancestry of “maksatäplä”, step by step

maksatäplä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maksa

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

via Finnish täplä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtäpläspot, speck; pad
Every word from Proto-Uralic mëksa →Every word from Proto-Finnic maksa →Every word from Finnish maksa →