Where does “häntänikama” come from?

häntänikama (Finnish) comes from Finnish nikama, from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

häntänikama (Finnish): caudal, caudal vertebra, coccygeal vertebra

Definitions

  1. caudal, caudal vertebra, coccygeal vertebra

Ancestry of “häntänikama”, step by step

häntänikama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nikama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnikamavertebra
2FinnishmäI
3FinnishminäI; ego; self
4Proto-FinnicminäI, me
5Uralic*minä—

via Finnish häntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhäntäa narrow tail; ogonek; Partitive form of hän
2Proto-Finnichäntätail
3Proto-Uralicčänčä—
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Finnish minä →