Where does “lihaspuna” come from?

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

lihaspuna (Finnish): myoglobin

Definitions

  1. myoglobin

Ancestry of “lihaspuna”, step by step

lihaspuna 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 puna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpunaThe color red
2Proto-Finnicpunared
3Proto-Finno-Ugricpunacolor, hair
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mte →Every word from Finnish -s →Every word from Proto-Finnic -nci →