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
- caudal, caudal vertebra, coccygeal vertebra
Ancestry of “häntänikama”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nikama | vertebra |
| 2 | Finnish | mä | I |
| 3 | Finnish | minä | I; ego; self |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | minä | I, me |
| 5 | Uralic | *minä | — |