Where does “ristiselkä” come from?
ristiselkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish Risti, from Finnish -iäinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
ristiselkä (Finnish): lumbar region, small of the back
Definitions
- lumbar region, small of the back
Ancestry of “ristiselkä”, step by step
ristiselkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Risti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Risti | cross |
| 2 | Finnish | -iäinen | Front vowel variant of -iainen |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish selkä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | selkä | back; ridge, spine; watershed area |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | selkä | back; ridge |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | śelkä | — |