Where does “hanhenrinta” come from?

hanhenrinta (Finnish) comes from Finnish hanhi, from Proto-Finnic hanhi, from Proto-Finnic šanši.

hanhenrinta (Finnish): goose breast

Definitions

  1. goose breast

Ancestry of “hanhenrinta”, step by step

hanhenrinta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hanhi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhanhigoose
2Proto-Finnichanhigoose
3Proto-Finnicšanši—

via Finnish rinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrintabreast; chest, especially the front side of it
2Finnish-mäFront vowel variant of -ma
Every word from Proto-Finnic šanši →Every word from Proto-Finnic hanhi →Every word from Finnish hanhi →