Where does “sydänlihas” come from?

sydänlihas (Finnish) comes from Finnish lihas, from Finnish -s, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.

sydänlihas (Finnish): myocardium

Definitions

  1. myocardium

Ancestry of “sydänlihas”, step by step

sydänlihas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lihas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihasmuscle
2Finnish-sForms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or...
3Proto-Finnic-nciForms ordinal numbers from the corresponding...
4Proto-Uralic-mte

via Finnish sydän

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsydänheart; core; wick
2Proto-Finnicsüdänheart
3Proto-Uralicśüdämeheart

Words derived from “sydänlihas

Every word from Proto-Uralic -mteEvery word from Finnish -sEvery word from Proto-Finnic -nci