Where does “metsäkurjenpolvi” come from?

metsäkurjenpolvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kurjenpolvi, from Finnish polvi, from Proto-Finnic polvi, from Proto-Uralic polwe — knee.

metsäkurjenpolvi (Finnish): wood cranesbill

Definitions

  1. wood cranesbill

Ancestry of “metsäkurjenpolvi”, step by step

metsäkurjenpolvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kurjenpolvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkurjenpolvicranesbill, geranium
2Finnishpolviknee; stifle; hitch
3Proto-Finnicpolviknee
4Proto-Uralicpolweknee

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Proto-Uralic polwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic polvi →Every word from Finnish polvi →