Where does “riistakäristys” come from?

riistakäristys (Finnish) comes from Finnish käristys, from Finnish käristää, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

riistakäristys (Finnish): sautéed game food

Definitions

  1. sautéed game food

Ancestry of “riistakäristys”, step by step

riistakäristys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käristys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäristyssauté
2Finnishkäristääto sauté
3FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
4Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
5Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
6Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

via Finnish riista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishriistagame
2Proto-Finnicriistaobject, item, ware
Every word from Proto-Uralic takaEvery word from Proto-Finnic takaEvery word from Finnish taka
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