Where does “lihassähkökäyrä” come from?

lihassähkökäyrä (Finnish) comes from Finnish sähkö, from Finnish sähähtää, from Finnish ahtaa, from Proto-Finnic aktadak, from Proto-Uralic ëkta- — to hang up.

lihassähkökäyrä (Finnish): electromyogram

Definitions

  1. electromyogram

Ancestry of “lihassähkökäyrä”, step by step

lihassähkökäyrä traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sähkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsähköelectricity
2Finnishsähähtääto sizzle
3Finnishahtaato cram, stuff, fill, pack full; to supercharge;...
4Proto-Finnicaktadakto hang up, especially traps; grain to dry in a...
5Proto-Uralicëkta-to hang up

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 käyrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäyräcrooked; curve; plot, graph, diagram
2Proto-Finnickäkräbent, crooked
3Proto-Germanichagrō
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëkta-Every word from Proto-Finnic aktadakEvery word from Finnish ahtaa