Where does “häntälihas” come from?
häntälihas (Finnish) comes from Finnish lihas, from Finnish -s, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.
häntälihas (Finnish): coccygeus
Ancestry of “häntälihas”, step by step
häntälihas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |
via Finnish häntä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | häntä | a narrow tail; ogonek; Partitive form of hän |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | häntä | tail |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | čänčä | — |