Where does “jäntevä” come from?

jäntevä (Finnish) comes from Finnish jänne, from Proto-Finnic jändek, from Proto-Uralic jänte — string.

jäntevä (Finnish): sinewy; flexible; wiry

Definitions

  1. sinewy; flexible; wiry

Ancestry of “jäntevä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjännetendon, sinew; bowstring, string; chord
2Proto-Finnicjändekbowstring
3Proto-Uralicjäntestring

Words derived from “jäntevä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic jänte →Every word from Proto-Finnic jändek →Every word from Finnish jänne →