Where does “kyynelelin” come from?
kyynelelin (Finnish) comes from Finnish elin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
kyynelelin (Finnish): lacrimal apparatus
Ancestry of “kyynelelin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | elin | organ of an organism; governmental body; member |
| 2 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |