Where does “luustolihas” come from?

luustolihas (Finnish) comes from Finnish luusto, from Finnish luu, from Proto-Finnic luu, from Proto-Uralic luwe, from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás — fox.

luustolihas (Finnish): skeletal muscle

Definitions

  1. skeletal muscle

Ancestry of “luustolihas”, step by step

luustolihas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish luusto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluustothe bones of a human or an animal collectively; skeleton, frame
2Finnishluubone
3Proto-Finnicluubone
4Proto-Uralicluwebone
5Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáhfox
6Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćásfox

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-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás →Every word from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh →Every word from Proto-Uralic luwe →