Where does “veritahra” come from?

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

veritahra (Finnish): blood stain

Definitions

  1. blood stain

Ancestry of “veritahra”, step by step

veritahra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish veri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveriblood
2Proto-Finnicveriblood
3Proto-Uralicwereblood

via Finnish tahra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtahraA speck of dirt, blemish, blot
Every word from Proto-Uralic were →Every word from Proto-Finnic veri →Every word from Finnish veri →