Where does “polvekepisto” come from?

polvekepisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish polveke, from Finnish ke, from Finnish kerä, from Finnish keralla, from Finnish kerralla — Adessive singular form of kerta; at one time,...

polvekepisto (Finnish): zigzag stitch

Definitions

  1. zigzag stitch

Ancestry of “polvekepisto”, step by step

polvekepisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish polveke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolvekebend, curve, turn
2FinnishkeAbbreviation of keskiviikko
3Finnishkeräball
4Finnishkerallawith, accompanying
5FinnishkerrallaAdessive singular form of kerta; at one time,...

via Finnish pisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpistosting, bite; prick, puncture, hole made by...
2Finnishpistääto poke, thrust; to stick, prick, stab, puncture;...
3Proto-Finnicpistädäkto poke, to thrust, to stab, to sting; to put, to...
4Proto-Finno-Permicpistä-—
Every word from Finnish kerralla →