Where does “lihaskimppu” come from?

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

lihaskimppu (Finnish): tank muscular and physically imposing person

Definitions

  1. tank muscular and physically imposing person

Ancestry of “lihaskimppu”, step by step

lihaskimppu 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 kimppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkimppubunch, bundle, cluster
2Proto-Finnickimppubundle, bunch
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mte →Every word from Finnish -s →Every word from Proto-Finnic -nci →
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