Nerbio hipoglosoa '''lehenengo somiten bikotetik''' eratorria da (''somitak:'' enbrioiaren gorputzaren garapenaren ardatz nagusia eratuko duten [[Mesodermo|mesoderm]]<nowiki/>o pilaketak dira).<ref name="HILL2017A">{{cite weberreferentzia|url=https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Carnegie_stage_12|title=Carnegie stage 12 – Embryology|website=embryology.med.unsw.edu.au|last1=Hill|first1=Mark|accessdate=12 March 2017}}</ref> Hauetatik sortutako muskulaturak '''hipoglosoaren korda''' izena jasotzen du, lehen lau somita okzipitalen bikoteen miotometatik eratorria. <ref>{{cite weberreferentzia|url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=AmZgmGG4Dz0C&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=hypoglossal+nerve+embryology&source=bl&ots=TZ3jKcN859&sig=32e09yFjek_XpVKtzHQH4VspXx4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQ5fOjjNLSAhUJGJQKHYs3Afo4FBDoAQggMAE#v=onepage&q=hypoglossal%20nerve%20embryology&f=false|last1=Coley|first1=Brian D.|last2=Sperling|first2=Vera|title=Caffey's Pediatric Diagnostic Imaging|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|accessdate=12 March 2017|page=115|language=en|date=21 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Sperber|first1=Geoffrey H.|last2=Sperber|first2=Steven M.|last3=Guttmann|first3=Geoffrey D.|title=Craniofacial Embryogenetics and Development|publisher=PMPH-USA|isbn=9781607950325|page=193|url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=OvM0jkob9GgC&pg=PA191&lpg=PA193&dq=first+four+occipital+somites+hypoglossal+nerve&source=bl&ots=LufjYKo5Ln&sig=46bJQDHekwk5nI1G8_WpT0oZQ1k&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwic56vejNLSAhUCUZQKHdnED84Q6AEIRDAI#v=onepage&q=first four occipital somites hypoglossal nerve&f=false|language=en}}</ref> Nerbioa lehenengoz garapenaren laugarren astean izango da ikusgai, nerbio bakarra osatu duten zuntzen multzo moduan, mihiarekin kontaktua ezarriz bostgarren asterako.<ref name="ORAHILLY1984">{{erreferentzia|last1=O'Rahilly|first1=Ronan|last2=Müller|first2=Fabiola|title=The early development of the hypoglossal nerve and occipital somites in staged human embryos|journal=American Journal of Anatomy|date=March 1984|volume=169|issue=3|pages=237–257|doi=10.1002/aja.1001690302}}</ref>
'''Hipoglosoaren nukleoa''' enbrioiaren [[Bizkarrezur-erraboil|bikarrezur erraboileko]] oinalde plakatik eratorria da, hau da '''nukleo eragile somatikoa''' da.<ref>{{cite weberreferentzia|url=https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Neural_-_Cranial_Nerve_Development|title=Neural - Cranial Nerve Development|website=embryology.med.unsw.edu.au|accessdate=17 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite weberreferentzia|url=http://discovery.lifemapsc.com/library/review-of-medical-embryology/chapter-147-the-brainstem-myelencephalon-fifth-vesicle-basal-motor-plate|title=Chapter 147. The Brainstem: Myelencephalon (fifth Vesicle) – Basal Motor Plate – Review of Medical Embryology Book – LifeMap Discovery|date=|website=discovery.lifemapsc.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|last1=Pansky|first1=Ben|accessdate=12 March 2017}}</ref>
