Where does “polvitaive” come from?

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

polvitaive (Finnish): ham; popliteal

Definitions

  1. ham; popliteal

Ancestry of “polvitaive”, step by step

polvitaive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish polvi

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

via Finnish taive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaivebend, crook
2Finnishtaipuato become curved, to bend; to change one's...
3Proto-Finnictaipudak—

Words derived from “polvitaive”

Every word from Proto-Uralic polwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic polvi →Every word from Finnish polvi →