Where does “polvi-istunta” come from?

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

polvi-istunta (Finnish): sitting on one's knees

Definitions

  1. sitting on one's knees

Ancestry of “polvi-istunta”, step by step

polvi-istunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish polvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolviknee; stifle; hitch
2Proto-Finnicpolviknee
3Proto-Uralicpolweknee

via Finnish istunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishistuntasitting
2Finnishistuato sit; to be a member in a board or similar; to...
3Proto-Finnicistudaksit
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