Where does “pihtipolvinen” come from?

pihtipolvinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish pihtipolvi, from Finnish polvi, from Proto-Finnic polvi, from Proto-Uralic polwe — knee.

pihtipolvinen (Finnish): knock-kneed

Definitions

  1. knock-kneed

Ancestry of “pihtipolvinen”, step by step

pihtipolvinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pihtipolvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpihtipolviknock knee, genu valgum
2Finnishpolviknee; stifle; hitch
3Proto-Finnicpolviknee
4Proto-Uralicpolweknee

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—

Words derived from “pihtipolvinen”

Every word from Proto-Uralic polwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic polvi →Every word from Finnish polvi →