Where does “kainalokuoppa” come from?

kainalokuoppa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kainalo, from Proto-Finnic kainalo, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.

kainalokuoppa (Finnish): (the deepest part of the) armpit

Definitions

  1. (the deepest part of the) armpit

Ancestry of “kainalokuoppa”, step by step

kainalokuoppa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kainalo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkainaloarmpit
2Proto-Finnickainaloarmpit
3Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Finnish kuoppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuoppapit; pothole
2Proto-Finnickooppapit
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Proto-Finnic kainalo →Every word from Finnish kainalo →
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