Where does “istumalihas” come from?
istumalihas (Finnish) comes from Finnish lihas, from Finnish -s, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.
istumalihas (Finnish): buttock
Ancestry of “istumalihas”, step by step
istumalihas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lihas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lihas | muscle |
| 2 | Finnish | -s | Forms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -nci | Forms ordinal numbers from the corresponding... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -mte | — |
via Finnish istua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | istua | to sit; to be a member in a board or similar; to... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | istudak | sit |