Where does “polvirukous” come from?

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

polvirukous (Finnish): praying on one's knees

Definitions

  1. praying on one's knees

Ancestry of “polvirukous”, step by step

polvirukous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish polvi

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

via Finnish rukous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrukousprayer; rogation
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems
Every word from Proto-Uralic polwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic polvi →Every word from Finnish polvi →
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