Where does “verenhimo” come from?

verenhimo (Finnish) comes from Finnish veri, from Proto-Finnic veri, from Proto-Uralic were — blood.

verenhimo (Finnish): bloodlust

Definitions

  1. bloodlust

Ancestry of “verenhimo”, step by step

verenhimo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish veri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveriblood
2Proto-Finnicveriblood
3Proto-Uralicwereblood

via Finnish himo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhimolust, desire, passion, craving
2Proto-Finnichimodesire, wish, craving
Every word from Proto-Uralic were →Every word from Proto-Finnic veri →Every word from Finnish veri →