Where does “otsalihas” come from?

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

otsalihas (Finnish): frontalis muscle

Definitions

  1. frontalis muscle

Ancestry of “otsalihas”, step by step

otsalihas 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 otsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishotsaforehead; audacity, nerve
2Proto-Germanicanþijąforehead
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mte →Every word from Finnish -s →Every word from Proto-Finnic -nci →