Where does “poskipäälihas” come from?
poskipäälihas (Finnish) comes from Finnish lihas, from Finnish -s, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.
poskipäälihas (Finnish): zygomaticus
Ancestry of “poskipäälihas”, step by step
poskipäälihas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lihas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lihas | muscle |
| 2 | Finnish | -s | Forms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -nci | Forms ordinal numbers from the corresponding... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -mte | — |
via Finnish poskipää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | poskipää | cheekbone |
| 2 | Ingrian | pää | head |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | pää | head |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | päŋe | head |