Where does “ruumiskasa” come from?

ruumiskasa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasa, from Proto-Finnic kasa, from Proto-Germanic kasô, from Proto-Germanic kas- — to throw; bring up; toss.

ruumiskasa (Finnish): pile of corpses

Definitions

  1. pile of corpses

Ancestry of “ruumiskasa”, step by step

ruumiskasa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasaheap; pile; stack
2Proto-Finnickasapile
3Proto-Germanickasô—
4Proto-Germanickas-to throw; bring up; toss

via Finnish ruumis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruumisbody; corpse, cadaver
2Proto-Finnicruumisbody
Every word from Proto-Germanic kas- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kasô →Every word from Proto-Finnic kasa →