Where does “rintanikama” come from?

rintanikama (Finnish) comes from Finnish nikama, from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

rintanikama (Finnish): A thoracic vertebra

Definitions

  1. A thoracic vertebra

Ancestry of “rintanikama”, step by step

rintanikama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nikama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnikamavertebra
2FinnishmäI
3FinnishminäI; ego; self
4Proto-FinnicminäI, me
5Uralic*minä—

via Finnish rinta

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