Where does “verikakko” come from?

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

verikakko (Finnish): animal blood dumpling

Definitions

  1. animal blood dumpling

Ancestry of “verikakko”, step by step

verikakko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish veri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveriblood
2Proto-Finnicveriblood
3Proto-Uralicwereblood

via Proto-Indo-European kakko-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankakko-
Every word from Proto-Uralic wereEvery word from Proto-Finnic veriEvery word from Finnish veri