Where does “polviartroosi” come from?

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

polviartroosi (Finnish): gonarthrosis

Definitions

  1. gonarthrosis

Ancestry of “polviartroosi”, step by step

polviartroosi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish polvi

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

via Finnish artroosi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishartroosiosteoarthritis
Every word from Proto-Uralic polwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic polvi →Every word from Finnish polvi →