Where does “vauvarasva” come from?

vauvarasva (Finnish) comes from Finnish rasva, from Proto-Finnic rasva — fat.

vauvarasva (Finnish): puppy fat, baby fat natural fat on the body of a child that normally disappears at adolescence

Definitions

  1. puppy fat, baby fat natural fat on the body of a child that normally disappears at adolescence

Ancestry of “vauvarasva”, step by step

vauvarasva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rasva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrasvafat; grease; ointment
2Proto-Finnicrasvafat

via Finnish vauva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvauvababy; a baby animal
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