Where does “rintakehä” come from?

rintakehä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kehä, from Proto-Finnic kehä, from Proto-Finnic keššä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric keččä.

rintakehä (Finnish): rib cage; chest wall, thoracic wall; breast,...

Definitions

  1. rib cage; chest wall, thoracic wall; breast,...

Ancestry of “rintakehä”, step by step

rintakehä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kehä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehäcircle, ring; halo; circle, circumference
2Proto-Finnickehäcircle, ring
3Proto-Finnickeššä—
4Proto-Finno-Ugrickeččä—

via Finnish rinta

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

Words derived from “rintakehä”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric keččä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keššä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kehä →