Where does “haaraväli” come from?

haaraväli (Finnish) comes from Finnish haara, from Proto-Finnic haara — branch.

haaraväli (Finnish): crotch

Definitions

  1. crotch

Ancestry of “haaraväli”, step by step

haaraväli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish haara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaarabranch; fork, bifurcation; offshoot
2Proto-Finnichaarabranch

via Finnish väli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishväligap, space; interval; distance
2Proto-Finnicvälji—
Every word from Proto-Finnic haara →Every word from Finnish haara →