Where does “liereälihas” come from?
liereälihas (Finnish) comes from Finnish liereä, from Finnish liero, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
liereälihas (Finnish): teres muscle
Ancestry of “liereälihas”, step by step
liereälihas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish liereä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liereä | cylindrical |
| 2 | Finnish | liero | earthworm; jackal, skunk |
| 3 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
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 | — |