Where does “päärynälihavuus” come from?

päärynälihavuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish lihavuus, from Finnish lihava, from Proto-Finnic lihaba, from Proto-Finnic liha, from Proto-Finnic liša — addition, increase.

päärynälihavuus (Finnish): pear-shaped obesity

Definitions

  1. pear-shaped obesity

Ancestry of “päärynälihavuus”, step by step

päärynälihavuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lihavuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihavuusobesity
2Finnishlihavafat
3Proto-Finniclihabafat, having much meat
4Proto-Finniclihameat
5Proto-Finniclišaaddition, increase

via Finnish päärynä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäärynäpear
2Swedishpäronpear; parent; the barrel of a clarinet
3Old Norseperapear tree
4Old Englishperepear
5Latinpiruma pear
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