Where does “kivespussi” come from?
kivespussi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kives, from Finnish -s, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.
kivespussi (Finnish): scrotum
Ancestry of “kivespussi”, step by step
kivespussi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kives
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kives | testicle; A stone inside birch bark, used as... |
| 2 | Finnish | -s | Forms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -nci | Forms ordinal numbers from the corresponding... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -mte | — |
via Finnish pussi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pussi | bag, pouch, sac; pouch; pocket |
| 2 | Old Swedish | pusi | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | pusô | bag, sack, scrip |
Words derived from “kivespussi”