Where does “polvipituus” come from?

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

polvipituus (Finnish): knee length

Definitions

  1. knee length

Ancestry of “polvipituus”, step by step

polvipituus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish polvi

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

via Finnish pituus

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