Where does “napavaltimo” come from?

napavaltimo (Finnish) comes from Finnish napa, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *napa.

napavaltimo (Finnish): umbilical artery

Definitions

  1. umbilical artery

Ancestry of “napavaltimo”, step by step

napavaltimo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish napa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnapanavel; pole; pivot
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*napa—

via Finnish valtimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaltimoartery
2Finnishvalta-main, principal
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *napa →