Where does “olkalihas” come from?

olkalihas (Finnish) comes from Finnish lihas, from Finnish -s, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.

olkalihas (Finnish): brachialis

Definitions

  1. brachialis

Ancestry of “olkalihas”, step by step

olkalihas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lihas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihasmuscle
2Finnish-sForms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or...
3Proto-Finnic-nciForms ordinal numbers from the corresponding...
4Proto-Uralic-mte—

via Finnish olka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisholkashoulder
2Proto-Finnicolkashoulder
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwolka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mte →Every word from Finnish -s →Every word from Proto-Finnic -nci →