Where does “sarnaluu” come from?

sarnaluu (Estonian) comes from Estonian luu, from Proto-Finnic luu, from Proto-Uralic luwe, from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás — fox.

sarnaluu (Estonian): cheekbone

Definitions

  1. cheekbone

Ancestry of “sarnaluu”, step by step

sarnaluu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian luu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianluubone
2Proto-Finnicluubone
3Proto-Uralicluwebone
4Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáhfox
5Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćásfox

via Estonian sarn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniansarn—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás →Every word from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh →Every word from Proto-Uralic luwe →