Where does “reisilihas” come from?
reisilihas (Finnish) comes from Finnish lihas, from Finnish -s, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.
reisilihas (Finnish): thigh muscle, femoral muscle
Definitions
- thigh muscle, femoral muscle
Ancestry of “reisilihas”, step by step
reisilihas 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 reisi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | reisi | thigh; femur; femoral |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | raici | thigh |
| 3 | Finnish | rietas | wanton, lewd, lascivious |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | reet'as | — |