Where does “virtsaelin” come from?

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

virtsaelin (Finnish): urinary organ

Definitions

  1. urinary organ

Ancestry of “virtsaelin”, step by step

virtsaelin 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 virtsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirtsaurine
2Proto-Finnicvirccaslurry

Words derived from “virtsaelin”

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