Where does “lyhytkalloinen” come from?

lyhytkalloinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish lyhyt, from Proto-Finnic lühüt — short.

lyhytkalloinen (Finnish): brachycephalic of a person or animal, having a head that is short from front to back relative to its width from left to right

Definitions

  1. brachycephalic of a person or animal, having a head that is short from front to back relative to its width from left to right

Ancestry of “lyhytkalloinen”, step by step

lyhytkalloinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lyhyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlyhytshort
2Proto-Finniclühütshort

via Finnish kallo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalloskull, cranium
2Proto-Germanic*skallôskull, cranium

Words derived from “lyhytkalloinen”

Every word from Proto-Finnic lühüt →Every word from Finnish lyhyt →