Where does “kyynärtaive” come from?

kyynärtaive (Finnish) comes from Finnish taive, from Finnish taipua, from Proto-Finnic taipudak.

kyynärtaive (Finnish): crook of the arm, elbow pit, inside of the elbow, cubital fossa

Definitions

  1. crook of the arm, elbow pit, inside of the elbow, cubital fossa

Ancestry of “kyynärtaive”, step by step

kyynärtaive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish taive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaivebend, crook
2Finnishtaipuato become curved, to bend; to change one's...
3Proto-Finnictaipudak—

via Finnish kyynärä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkyynäräelbow, forearm; a traditional measure of length...
2Proto-Uralicküńäelbow
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