Where does “lihasjänteys” come from?
lihasjänteys (Finnish) comes from Finnish lihas, from Finnish -s, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.
lihasjänteys (Finnish): muscle tone
Ancestry of “lihasjänteys”, step by step
lihasjänteys 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 jänteys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jänteys | tone, tonus normal tension and responsiveness of a muscle |
| 2 | Finnish | jänne | tendon, sinew; bowstring, string; chord |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | jändek | bowstring |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | jänte | string |