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Where does “polvipussi” come from?

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

polvipussi (Finnish): baggy knee

Definitions

  1. baggy knee

Ancestry of “polvipussi”, step by step

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

Words derived from “polvipussi”

  • polvipussinen
Every word from Proto-Uralic polwe →