Where does “polvipituinen” come from?

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

polvipituinen (Finnish): knee-long, knee-length

Definitions

  1. knee-long, knee-length

Ancestry of “polvipituinen”, step by step

polvipituinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish polvi

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

via Finnish pituinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpituinenlong; tall
2Finnishpituuslength; longitude; height
3Proto-Finnicpiduclength
Every word from Proto-Uralic polwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic polvi →Every word from Finnish polvi →