Where does “rintalihas” come from?
rintalihas (Finnish) comes from Finnish lihas, from Finnish -s, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.
rintalihas (Finnish): pec
Ancestry of “rintalihas”, step by step
rintalihas 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 rinta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rinta | breast; chest, especially the front side of it |
| 2 | Finnish | -mä | Front vowel variant of -ma |