Where does “verivelka” come from?

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

verivelka (Finnish): bloodguilt

Definitions

  1. bloodguilt

Ancestry of “verivelka”, step by step

verivelka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish veri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveriblood
2Proto-Finnicveriblood
3Proto-Uralicwereblood

via Finnish velka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvelkadebt
2Proto-Finnicvelkadebt
Every word from Proto-Uralic were →Every word from Proto-Finnic veri →Every word from Finnish veri →