Where does “sileäleukainen” come from?

sileäleukainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish leuka, from Proto-Finnic leuka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic leukā — glands in an animal's neck.

sileäleukainen (Finnish): clean-shaven, with no beard on one's jaw/chin

Definitions

  1. clean-shaven, with no beard on one's jaw/chin

Ancestry of “sileäleukainen”, step by step

sileäleukainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leuka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleukajaw; chin
2Proto-Finnicleukachin, jaw
3Proto-Balto-Slavicleukāglands in an animal's neck

via Finnish sileä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsileäsmooth
2Proto-Finnicsiledäsmooth
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic leukā →Every word from Proto-Finnic leuka →Every word from Finnish leuka →