Where does “selkänikama” come from?

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

selkänikama (Finnish): A thoracic vertebra

Definitions

  1. A thoracic vertebra

Ancestry of “selkänikama”, step by step

selkänikama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nikama

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

via Finnish selkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselkäback; ridge, spine; watershed area
2Proto-Finnicselkäback; ridge
3Proto-Finno-Permicśelkä—
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Finnish minä →