Where does “lyhytraajainen” come from?

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

lyhytraajainen (Finnish): shortlegged, having short limbs

Definitions

  1. shortlegged, having short limbs

Ancestry of “lyhytraajainen”, step by step

lyhytraajainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lyhyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlyhytshort
2Proto-Finniclühütshort

via Finnish raaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishraajalimb
2Proto-Finnicrakjalimb
Every word from Proto-Finnic lühüt →Every word from Finnish lyhyt →