Where does “hammasluu” come from?
hammasluu (Finnish) comes from Finnish luu, from Finnish sääriluu, from Finnish sääri, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
hammasluu (Finnish): dentin, dentine
Ancestry of “hammasluu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | luu | bone |
| 2 | Finnish | sääriluu | The tibia or shinbone |
| 3 | Finnish | sääri | shank, shin; cannon; used to refer to legs from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 5 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |