Where does “rintahihna” come from?

rintahihna (Finnish) comes from Finnish hihna, from Proto-Finnic hihna, from Lithuanian šikšna.

rintahihna (Finnish): chest strap

Definitions

  1. chest strap

Ancestry of “rintahihna”, step by step

rintahihna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hihna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhihnastrap, band; especially one that is made of...
2Proto-Finnichihnaleather belt, strap
3Lithuanianšikšna—

via Finnish rinta

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