Where does “deltalihas” come from?

deltalihas (Finnish) comes from Finnish lihas, from Finnish -s, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.

Ancestry of “deltalihas”, step by step

deltalihas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lihas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihasmuscle
2Finnish-sForms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or...
3Proto-Finnic-nciForms ordinal numbers from the corresponding...
4Proto-Uralic-mte—

via Finnish delta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishdeltadelta Greek letter
2Ancient Greekδέλταdelta, the name for the fourth letter Δ, δ of the...
3Phoenician𐤃dalet; daleth
4Egyptian𓉿—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mte →Every word from Finnish -s →Every word from Proto-Finnic -nci →