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Where does “aivopoimu” come from?

aivopoimu (Finnish) comes from Finnish poimu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u.

aivopoimu (Finnish): gyrus

Definitions

  1. gyrus

Ancestry of “aivopoimu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoimufold, warp, crease, wrinkle, ruga
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-u—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →