Where does “lihasheikkous” come from?

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

lihasheikkous (Finnish): muscle weakness, myasthenia

Definitions

  1. muscle weakness, myasthenia

Ancestry of “lihasheikkous”, step by step

lihasheikkous 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 heikkous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishheikkousA weakness; feebleness; frailty
2Finnishheikkoweak; faint; feeble
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mte →
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