Where does “kuoppaposkinen” come from?

kuoppaposkinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish poski, from Proto-Finnic poski, from Proto-Uralic poske — cheek.

kuoppaposkinen (Finnish): sunken-cheeked

Definitions

  1. sunken-cheeked

Ancestry of “kuoppaposkinen”, step by step

kuoppaposkinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poski

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishposkicheek
2Proto-Finnicposkicheek
3Proto-Uralicposkecheek

via Finnish kuoppa

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