Where does “lihassupistus” come from?
lihassupistus (Finnish) comes from Finnish lihas, from Finnish -s, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.
lihassupistus (Finnish): muscle contraction, muscular contraction
Definitions
- muscle contraction, muscular contraction
Ancestry of “lihassupistus”, step by step
lihassupistus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lihas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lihas | muscle |
| 2 | Finnish | -s | Forms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -nci | Forms ordinal numbers from the corresponding... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -mte | — |
via Finnish supistus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | supistus | reduction, cutback, cut; contraction |
| 2 | Finnish | supistaa | to reduce; to abridge; to cancel, reduce |
| 3 | Finnish | suppea | scanty, limited, narrow; concise, succinct; close |
| 4 | Finnish | -eä | Front vowel variant of -ea |