Where does “vatsarasva” come from?

vatsarasva (Finnish) comes from Finnish vatsa, from Proto-Finnic vacca — stomach.

vatsarasva (Finnish): belly fat, abdominal fat

Definitions

  1. belly fat, abdominal fat

Ancestry of “vatsarasva”, step by step

vatsarasva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vatsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvatsastomach
2Proto-Finnicvaccastomach

via Finnish rasva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrasvafat; grease; ointment
2Proto-Finnicrasvafat
Every word from Proto-Finnic vacca →Every word from Finnish vatsa →