Where does “riippuvatsainen” come from?

riippuvatsainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish vatsa, from Proto-Finnic vacca — stomach.

riippuvatsainen (Finnish): with a hanging belly

Definitions

  1. with a hanging belly

Ancestry of “riippuvatsainen”, step by step

riippuvatsainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vatsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvatsastomach
2Proto-Finnicvaccastomach

via Finnish riippua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishriippuaTo hang, dangle, be suspended; To depend
2Proto-Finnicrippudakto hang
Every word from Proto-Finnic vacca →Every word from Finnish vatsa →