Where does “rintaranka” come from?

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

rintaranka (Finnish): thoracic vertebrae the middle vertebrae of the backbone collectively

Definitions

  1. thoracic vertebrae the middle vertebrae of the backbone collectively

Ancestry of “rintaranka”, step by step

rintaranka 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 ranka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrankapole; stalk; spine
2Proto-Finnicranka—
Every word from Finnish -mä →Every word from Finnish rinta →