Where does “kylkilihas” come from?

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

kylkilihas (Finnish): lateral muscle, dorsolateral muscle

Definitions

  1. lateral muscle, dorsolateral muscle

Ancestry of “kylkilihas”, step by step

kylkilihas 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 kylki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkylkiside; sparerib; loin
2Proto-Finnickülkiside, flank
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mte →Every word from Finnish -s →Every word from Proto-Finnic -nci →
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