Where does “lihaskasvain” come from?

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

lihaskasvain (Finnish): muscle tumor, myoma

Definitions

  1. muscle tumor, myoma

Ancestry of “lihaskasvain”, step by step

lihaskasvain 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 kasvain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasvaintumour/tumor
2Finnishkasvaato grow
3Proto-Finnickasvadakto grow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewks-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mte →Every word from Finnish -s →Every word from Proto-Finnic -nci →