Where does “nikamavaltimo” come from?

nikamavaltimo (Finnish) comes from Finnish nikama, from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

nikamavaltimo (Finnish): vertebral artery

Definitions

  1. vertebral artery

Ancestry of “nikamavaltimo”, step by step

nikamavaltimo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nikama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnikamavertebra
2FinnishI
3FinnishminäI; ego; self
4Proto-FinnicminäI, me
5Uralic*minä

via Finnish valtimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaltimoartery
2Finnishvalta-main, principal
Every word from Uralic *minäEvery word from Proto-Finnic minäEvery word from Finnish minä