Where does “lavankohottajalihas” come from?

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

lavankohottajalihas (Finnish): levator scapulae muscle

Definitions

  1. levator scapulae muscle

Ancestry of “lavankohottajalihas”, step by step

lavankohottajalihas traces back through 3 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 lapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlapablade; shoulder of a horse or other animal;...
2Proto-Finniclapablade
3Proto-Uraliclapablade

via Finnish kohottaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkohottajaraiser
2Finnish-jäFront vowel variant of -ja
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mteEvery word from Finnish -sEvery word from Proto-Finnic -nci