Where does “veripeippi” come from?

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

veripeippi (Finnish): shiso, perilla

Definitions

  1. shiso, perilla

Ancestry of “veripeippi”, step by step

veripeippi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish veri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveriblood
2Proto-Finnicveriblood
3Proto-Uralicwereblood

via Finnish peippi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeippideadnettle; the genus "Lamium"
2Finnishpeipatato do a dummy, to feint, to deke
Every word from Proto-Uralic were →Every word from Proto-Finnic veri →Every word from Finnish veri →