Where does “piilokives” come from?
piilokives (Finnish) comes from Finnish kives, from Finnish -s, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.
piilokives (Finnish): a testis that has not correctly descended into the scrotum cryptorchidism
Definitions
- a testis that has not correctly descended into the scrotum cryptorchidism
Ancestry of “piilokives”, step by step
piilokives traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kives
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kives | testicle; A stone inside birch bark, used as... |
| 2 | Finnish | -s | Forms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -nci | Forms ordinal numbers from the corresponding... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -mte | — |
via Finnish piilo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piilo | hideout, lair, covert, hiding place; hidden |
| 2 | Finnish | piillä | to be hidden in, lie in; Adessive singular form... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | piildäk | to hide, to keep hidden |