Where does “litteäruumiinen” come from?

litteäruumiinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruumis, from Proto-Finnic ruumis — body.

litteäruumiinen (Finnish): flat-bodied

Definitions

  1. flat-bodied

Ancestry of “litteäruumiinen”, step by step

litteäruumiinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruumis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruumisbody; corpse, cadaver
2Proto-Finnicruumisbody

via Finnish litteä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlitteäflat
2Finnish-eäFront vowel variant of -ea
Every word from Proto-Finnic ruumis →Every word from Finnish ruumis →