Where does “rintaevä” come from?

rintaevä (Finnish) comes from Finnish evä, from Proto-Finnic evä, from Proto-Uralic ewä — fin.

rintaevä (Finnish): pectoral fin

Definitions

  1. pectoral fin

Ancestry of “rintaevä”, step by step

rintaevä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish evä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheväfin
2Proto-Finniceväfin (appendage of a fish)
3Proto-Uralicewäfin

via Finnish rinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrintabreast; chest, especially the front side of it
2Finnish-mäFront vowel variant of -ma
Every word from Proto-Uralic ewä →Every word from Proto-Finnic evä →Every word from Finnish evä →