Where does “polvi” come from?

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

polvi (Finnish): knee; stifle; hitch

Definitions

  1. knee; stifle; hitch

Ancestry of “polvi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpolviknee
2Proto-Uralicpolweknee

Words derived from “polvi”

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