Where does “polvibursiitti” come from?

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

polvibursiitti (Finnish): knee bursitis

Definitions

  1. knee bursitis

Ancestry of “polvibursiitti”, step by step

polvibursiitti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish polvi

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

via Finnish bursiitti

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