Where does “polvi” come from?
polvi (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic polvi, from Proto-Uralic polwe — knee.
polvi (Finnish): knee; stifle; hitch
Ancestry of “polvi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | polvi | knee |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | polwe | knee |
Words derived from “polvi”