Where does “lihasponnistus” come from?

lihasponnistus (Finnish) comes from Finnish ponnistus, from Finnish ponnistaa, from Finnish ponsi, from Proto-Finnic ponci, from Proto-Finno-Permic ponte.

lihasponnistus (Finnish): muscular effort

Definitions

  1. muscular effort

Ancestry of “lihasponnistus”, step by step

lihasponnistus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ponnistus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishponnistuseffort; takeoff
2FinnishponnistaaTo push; to bear down; To push off, leap, jump;...
3Finnishponsianther; motion; pommel, knob
4Proto-Finnicponciknob, handle, grip
5Proto-Finno-Permicponte—

via Finnish lihas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihasmuscle
2Finnish-sForms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or...
3Proto-Finnic-nciForms ordinal numbers from the corresponding...
4Proto-Uralic-mte—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic ponte →Every word from Proto-Finnic ponci →Every word from Finnish ponsi →