Where does “porsaanliha” come from?

porsaanliha (Finnish) comes from Finnish porsas, from Proto-Finnic porcas, from Romanian porc, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic porkos, from Proto-Indo-European pórḱos, from Proto-Indo-European perḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

porsaanliha (Finnish): pork flesh of a piglet used as meat

Definitions

  1. pork flesh of a piglet used as meat

Ancestry of “porsaanliha”, step by step

porsaanliha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish porsas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishporsasA piglet; Pork; A pig in the sense of messy,...
2Proto-Finnicporcaspiglet
3Romanianporcpig (mammal of genus Sus), hog, swine
4Latinporcusa piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; Short for...
5Proto-Italicporkospig
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpórḱospiglet
7Proto-Indo-Europeanperḱ-colored; motley; to open, rip up
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Finnish liha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihameat; flesh
2Proto-Finniclihameat
3Proto-Finniclišaaddition, increase
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European perḱ- →