Where does “kehälihas” come from?

kehälihas (Finnish) comes from Finnish lihas, from Finnish -s, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.

kehälihas (Finnish): orbicularis muscle, orbital muscle

Definitions

  1. orbicularis muscle, orbital muscle

Ancestry of “kehälihas”, step by step

kehälihas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lihas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihasmuscle
2Finnish-sForms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or...
3Proto-Finnic-nciForms ordinal numbers from the corresponding...
4Proto-Uralic-mte—

via Finnish kehä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehäcircle, ring; halo; circle, circumference
2Proto-Finnickehäcircle, ring
3Proto-Finnickeššä—
4Proto-Finno-Ugrickeččä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mte →Every word from Finnish -s →Every word from Proto-Finnic -nci →