Where does “lähentäjälihas” come from?
lähentäjälihas (Finnish) comes from Finnish lihas, from Finnish -s, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.
lähentäjälihas (Finnish): adductor muscle
Ancestry of “lähentäjälihas”, step by step
lähentäjälihas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lihas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lihas | muscle |
| 2 | Finnish | -s | Forms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -nci | Forms ordinal numbers from the corresponding... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -mte | — |
via Finnish lähentäjä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lähentäjä | one that brings (something) closer together |
| 2 | Finnish | lähentää | to bring closer together; to zoom in;... |
| 3 | Finnish | lähene- | — |
| 4 | Finnish | -tää | Front vowel variant of -taa |