Where does “rasvamaksa” come from?

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

rasvamaksa (Finnish): fatty liver

Definitions

  1. fatty liver

Ancestry of “rasvamaksa”, step by step

rasvamaksa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maksa

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

via Finnish rasva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrasvafat; grease; ointment
2Proto-Finnicrasvafat
Every word from Proto-Uralic mëksa →Every word from Proto-Finnic maksa →Every word from Finnish maksa →
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