Where does “rintatiehyt” come from?

rintatiehyt (Finnish) comes from Finnish tiehyt, from Finnish tie, from Proto-Finnic tee, from Proto-Uralic teje — way, road, path.

rintatiehyt (Finnish): thoracic duct

Definitions

  1. thoracic duct

Ancestry of “rintatiehyt”, step by step

rintatiehyt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tiehyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiehytduct
2Finnishtieway; road; avenue
3Proto-Finnicteeway, road
4Proto-Uralictejeway, road, path

via Finnish rinta

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