Where does “hauislihas” come from?

hauislihas (Finnish) comes from Finnish lihas, from Finnish -s, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.

hauislihas (Finnish): biceps brachii

Definitions

  1. biceps brachii

Ancestry of “hauislihas”, step by step

hauislihas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lihas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihasmuscle
2Finnish-sForms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or...
3Proto-Finnic-nciForms ordinal numbers from the corresponding...
4Proto-Uralic-mte—

via Finnish hauis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhauisbiceps, biceps brachii
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mte →Every word from Finnish -s →Every word from Proto-Finnic -nci →