Where does “vatsaelin” come from?

vatsaelin (Finnish) comes from Finnish elin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

vatsaelin (Finnish): abdominal organ, stomach organ

Definitions

  1. abdominal organ, stomach organ

Ancestry of “vatsaelin”, step by step

vatsaelin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish elin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelinorgan of an organism; governmental body; member
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish vatsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvatsastomach
2Proto-Finnicvaccastomach

Words derived from “vatsaelin”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish elin →