Where does “pohjepituinen” come from?

pohjepituinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish pituinen, from Finnish pituus, from Proto-Finnic piduc — length.

pohjepituinen (Finnish): calf-long, calf-length

Definitions

  1. calf-long, calf-length

Ancestry of “pohjepituinen”, step by step

pohjepituinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pituinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpituinenlong; tall
2Finnishpituuslength; longitude; height
3Proto-Finnicpiduclength

via Finnish pohje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjecalf
Every word from Proto-Finnic piduc →Every word from Finnish pituus →Every word from Finnish pituinen →