Where does “kehräsluu” come from?

kehräsluu (Finnish) comes from Finnish luu, from Proto-Finnic luu, from Proto-Uralic luwe, from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás — fox.

kehräsluu (Finnish): malleolus

Definitions

  1. malleolus

Ancestry of “kehräsluu”, step by step

kehräsluu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish luu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluubone
2Proto-Finnicluubone
3Proto-Uralicluwebone
4Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáhfox
5Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćásfox

via Finnish kehräs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehräsmalleolus
2Finnishkehräspindle; a rotating spindle or disk in a machine;...
3Proto-Finnickecräspindle; wheel, flywheel
4Proto-Indo-Europeanketstram
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás