Where does “huulipuristin” come from?
huulipuristin (Finnish) comes from Finnish puristin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
huulipuristin (Finnish): barnacle
Ancestry of “huulipuristin”, step by step
huulipuristin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puristin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puristin | clamp, cramp; press; First-person singular... |
| 2 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
via Finnish huuli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | huuli | lip, labium either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | huuli | lip |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | šule | bosom, lap, open arms |