Where does “polvipussinen” come from?

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

polvipussinen (Finnish): of trousers, having bags in the knees

Definitions

  1. of trousers, having bags in the knees

Ancestry of “polvipussinen”, step by step

polvipussinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish polvipussi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolvipussibaggy knee
2Finnishpolviknee; stifle; hitch
3Proto-Finnicpolviknee
4Proto-Uralicpolweknee

via Finnish inen

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