Where does “verikosto” come from?

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

verikosto (Finnish): Vendetta

Definitions

  1. Vendetta

Ancestry of “verikosto”, step by step

verikosto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish veri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveriblood
2Proto-Finnicveriblood
3Proto-Uralicwereblood

via Finnish kosto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkostorevenge, vengeance
2Finnishkostaato avenge, revenge, take revenge, get back at (on); to retaliate (to)
3Proto-Finnickostadak? to turn, to turn back
Every word from Proto-Uralic were →Every word from Proto-Finnic veri →Every word from Finnish veri →