Where does “lyhytjänteinen” come from?

lyhytjänteinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish jänne, from Proto-Finnic jändek, from Proto-Uralic jänte — string.

lyhytjänteinen (Finnish): short-sighted lacking foresight

Definitions

  1. short-sighted lacking foresight

Ancestry of “lyhytjänteinen”, step by step

lyhytjänteinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jänne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjännetendon, sinew; bowstring, string; chord
2Proto-Finnicjändekbowstring
3Proto-Uralicjäntestring

via Finnish lyhyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlyhytshort
2Proto-Finniclühütshort

Words derived from “lyhytjänteinen”

Every word from Proto-Uralic jänte →Every word from Proto-Finnic jändek →Every word from Finnish jänne →