Where does “verenhukka” come from?

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

verenhukka (Finnish): blood loss, bloodloss

Definitions

  1. blood loss, bloodloss

Ancestry of “verenhukka”, step by step

verenhukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish veri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveriblood
2Proto-Finnicveriblood
3Proto-Uralicwereblood

via Finnish hukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhukkawaste, loss; often used as head of compound...
2Proto-Finnichukkaloss; ruin, destruction
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