Where does “ruholiha” come from?

ruholiha (Finnish) comes from Finnish liha, from Proto-Finnic liha, from Proto-Finnic liša — addition, increase.

ruholiha (Finnish): carcass meat

Definitions

  1. carcass meat

Ancestry of “ruholiha”, step by step

ruholiha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihameat; flesh
2Proto-Finniclihameat
3Proto-Finniclišaaddition, increase

via Finnish ruho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruhocarcass, dead body
Every word from Proto-Finnic liša →Every word from Proto-Finnic liha →Every word from Finnish liha →
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