Where does “verivirta” come from?

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

verivirta (Finnish): flow of blood, river of blood

Definitions

  1. flow of blood, river of blood

Ancestry of “verivirta”, step by step

verivirta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish veri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveriblood
2Proto-Finnicveriblood
3Proto-Uralicwereblood

via Finnish virta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirtaflow, stream; river; current
2Proto-Finnicvirtastream; flow, current
3Proto-Slavicvьrtъturn, enclosure
Every word from Proto-Uralic were →Every word from Proto-Finnic veri →Every word from Finnish veri →