Where does “selkäjänteinen” come from?

selkäjänteinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish selkäjänne, from Finnish selkä, from Proto-Finnic selkä, from Proto-Finno-Permic śelkä.

selkäjänteinen (Finnish): chordate; Chordata

Definitions

  1. chordate; Chordata

Ancestry of “selkäjänteinen”, step by step

selkäjänteinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish selkäjänne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselkäjännenotochord
2Finnishselkäback; ridge, spine; watershed area
3Proto-Finnicselkäback; ridge
4Proto-Finno-Permicśelkä—

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—

Words derived from “selkäjänteinen”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic śelkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic selkä →Every word from Finnish selkä →