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Where does “sammakonreisi” come from?

sammakonreisi (Finnish) comes from Finnish reisi, from Proto-Finnic raici, from Finnish rietas, from Proto-Finnic reet'as.

sammakonreisi (Finnish): a thigh of a frog; "in plural", frog legs

Definitions

  1. a thigh of a frog; "in plural", frog legs

Ancestry of “sammakonreisi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreisithigh; femur; femoral
2Proto-Finnicraicithigh
3Finnishrietaswanton, lewd, lascivious
4Proto-Finnicreet'as—
Every word from Proto-Finnic reet'as →