Where does “niskanikama” come from?
niskanikama (Finnish) comes from Finnish nikama, from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.
niskanikama (Finnish): cervical vertebra
Ancestry of “niskanikama”, step by step
niskanikama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish nikama
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nikama | vertebra |
| 2 | Finnish | mä | I |
| 3 | Finnish | minä | I; ego; self |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | minä | I, me |
| 5 | Uralic | *minä | — |
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 | — |