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Where does “länkisääri” come from?

länkisääri (Finnish) comes from Finnish sääri, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

länkisääri (Finnish): bowleg, genu varum

Definitions

  1. bowleg, genu varum

Ancestry of “länkisääri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäärishank, shin; cannon; used to refer to legs from...
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-s—
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

Words derived from “länkisääri”

  • länkisäärinen
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