Where does “savusivu” come from?

savusivu (Finnish) comes from Finnish savu, from Proto-Finnic savu, from Proto-Finno-Permic sawe.

savusivu (Finnish): smoked pork flank

Definitions

  1. smoked pork flank

Ancestry of “savusivu”, step by step

savusivu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish savu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsavusmoke; a residential building with a chimney, a...
2Proto-Finnicsavu—
3Proto-Finno-Permicsawe—

via Finnish sivu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsivupage, side; side; flank
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic sawe →Every word from Proto-Finnic savu →Every word from Finnish savu →