Where does “epäkäslihas” come from?
epäkäslihas (Finnish) comes from Finnish epäkäs, from Finnish -käs, from Proto-Finnic -k'as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
epäkäslihas (Finnish): trapezius
Ancestry of “epäkäslihas”, step by step
epäkäslihas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish epäkäs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | epäkäs | irregular quadrilateral; trapezius |
| 2 | Finnish | -käs | Front vowel variant of -kas |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -k'as | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating a... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish lihas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lihas | muscle |
| 2 | Finnish | -s | Forms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -nci | Forms ordinal numbers from the corresponding... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -mte | — |