Where does “vatsalihas” come from?

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

vatsalihas (Finnish): ab, abdominal, abdominal muscle

Definitions

  1. ab, abdominal, abdominal muscle

Ancestry of “vatsalihas”, step by step

vatsalihas 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 vatsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvatsastomach
2Proto-Finnicvaccastomach
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mte →Every word from Finnish -s →Every word from Proto-Finnic -nci →