Where does “jalkavuus” come from?

jalkavuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish jalkava, from Finnish jalka, from Proto-Finnic jalka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric jalka.

jalkavuus (Finnish): camber; the property (or the degree thereof) of a ski of (being curved and) having the middle part higher than the ends

Definitions

  1. camber; the property (or the degree thereof) of a ski of (being curved and) having the middle part higher than the ends

Ancestry of “jalkavuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalkavahaving camber, cambered; having the middle part of the bottom be higher than the ends; curved in such a way that the middle is higher than the ends
2Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
3Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
4Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric jalka →Every word from Proto-Finnic jalka →Every word from Finnish jalka →