Where does “käsivarsilihas” come from?

käsivarsilihas (Finnish) comes from Finnish käsivarsi, from Finnish käsi, from Finnish kahdeksan, from Proto-Finnic kakteksa, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.

käsivarsilihas (Finnish): arm muscle

Definitions

  1. arm muscle

Ancestry of “käsivarsilihas”, step by step

käsivarsilihas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käsivarsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäsivarsiarm; The area of Enontekiö municipality between...
2Finnishkäsihand; arm
3Finnishkahdeksaneight
4Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
5Proto-Finnickakcitwo
6Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Finnish lihas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihasmuscle
2Finnish-sForms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or...
3Proto-Finnic-nciForms ordinal numbers from the corresponding...
4Proto-Uralic-mte—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →