Where does “niskakipu” come from?
niskakipu (Finnish) comes from Finnish niska, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
niskakipu (Finnish): pain at the back of the neck
Definitions
- pain at the back of the neck
Ancestry of “niskakipu”, step by step
niskakipu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish niska
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | niska | nape, the back of the neck; a load bearing... |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish kipu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kipu | pain; ache |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kipu | pain, ache |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |