Where does “vemmelsuoli” come from?

vemmelsuoli (Finnish) comes from Finnish suoli, from Proto-Finnic sooli, from Proto-Uralic śola.

vemmelsuoli (Finnish): sigmoid colon

Definitions

  1. sigmoid colon

Ancestry of “vemmelsuoli”, step by step

vemmelsuoli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suoli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuoliintestine, bowel
2Proto-Finnicsooligut, intestine, bowel
3Proto-Uralicśola—

via Finnish vemmel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvemmelshaft bow
Every word from Proto-Uralic śola →Every word from Proto-Finnic sooli →Every word from Finnish suoli →