Where does “sulkijalihas” come from?

sulkijalihas (Finnish) comes from Finnish sulkija, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

sulkijalihas (Finnish): sphincter

Definitions

  1. sphincter

Ancestry of “sulkijalihas”, step by step

sulkijalihas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sulkija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsulkijacloser, shutter
2Finnishjäice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish lihas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihasmuscle
2Finnish-sForms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or...
3Proto-Finnic-nciForms ordinal numbers from the corresponding...
4Proto-Uralic-mte—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →