Where does “kaulanikama” come from?

kaulanikama (Finnish) comes from Finnish nikama, from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

kaulanikama (Finnish): cervical vertebra

Definitions

  1. cervical vertebra

Ancestry of “kaulanikama”, step by step

kaulanikama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nikama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnikamavertebra
2FinnishmäI
3FinnishminäI; ego; self
4Proto-FinnicminäI, me
5Uralic*minä—

via Finnish kaula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaulaneck; distance between a frontrunner and the...
2Proto-Finnickaklaneck
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷékʷloswheel; circle
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Finnish minä →