Where does “lihasjäykkyys” come from?
lihasjäykkyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish jäykkyys, from Finnish jäykkä, from Finnish jää, from Proto-Finnic jää, from Proto-Uralic jäŋe — ice.
lihasjäykkyys (Finnish): muscle stiffness
Ancestry of “lihasjäykkyys”, step by step
lihasjäykkyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jäykkyys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jäykkyys | stiffness |
| 2 | Finnish | jäykkä | stiff, rigid |
| 3 | Finnish | jää | ice; rock; in the expression on the rocks =... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | jää | ice |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | jäŋe | ice |
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 | — |