Where does “verimato” come from?

verimato (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian veri, from Proto-Finnic veri, from Proto-Uralic were — blood.

verimato (Ingrian): leech

Definitions

  1. leech

Ancestry of “verimato”, step by step

verimato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian veri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianveriblood
2Proto-Finnicveriblood
3Proto-Uralicwereblood

via Ingrian mato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmatosnake
2Proto-Finnicmatoworm
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmačo—
Every word from Proto-Uralic were →Every word from Proto-Finnic veri →Every word from Ingrian veri →
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