Where does “nivustaive” come from?

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

nivustaive (Finnish): groin

Definitions

  1. groin

Ancestry of “nivustaive”, step by step

nivustaive 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 nivunen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnivunengroin
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