Where does “rasvatahra” come from?

rasvatahra (Finnish) comes from Finnish rasva, from Proto-Finnic rasva — fat.

rasvatahra (Finnish): grease stain, grease spot

Definitions

  1. grease stain, grease spot

Ancestry of “rasvatahra”, step by step

rasvatahra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rasva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrasvafat; grease; ointment
2Proto-Finnicrasvafat

via Finnish tahra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtahraA speck of dirt, blemish, blot
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