Where does “rintahermo” come from?

rintahermo (Finnish) comes from Finnish rinta, from Finnish -mä — Front vowel variant of -ma.

rintahermo (Finnish): thoracic nerve

Definitions

  1. thoracic nerve

Ancestry of “rintahermo”, step by step

rintahermo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrintabreast; chest, especially the front side of it
2Finnish-mäFront vowel variant of -ma

via Finnish hermo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhermonerve; snap
Every word from Finnish -mä →Every word from Finnish rinta →