Where does “veripahka” come from?

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

veripahka (Finnish): cephalohematoma

Definitions

  1. cephalohematoma

Ancestry of “veripahka”, step by step

veripahka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish veri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveriblood
2Proto-Finnicveriblood
3Proto-Uralicwereblood

via Finnish pahka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpahkaburl US, bur, burr, gnarl tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner
2Proto-Finnicpahkaburl, burr, gnarl
3Proto-Uralicpakša—
Every word from Proto-Uralic were →Every word from Proto-Finnic veri →Every word from Finnish veri →
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