Where does “kyynärvaltimo” come from?

kyynärvaltimo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kyynärä, from Proto-Uralic küńä — elbow.

kyynärvaltimo (Finnish): ulnar artery

Definitions

  1. ulnar artery

Ancestry of “kyynärvaltimo”, step by step

kyynärvaltimo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kyynärä

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

via Finnish valtimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaltimoartery
2Finnishvalta-main, principal
Every word from Proto-Uralic küńä →Every word from Finnish kyynärä →