Where does “polvitaivelihas” come from?

polvitaivelihas (Finnish) comes from Finnish lihas, from Finnish -s, from Proto-Finnic -nci, from Proto-Uralic -mte.

polvitaivelihas (Finnish): popliteus muscle

Definitions

  1. popliteus muscle

Ancestry of “polvitaivelihas”, step by step

polvitaivelihas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lihas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlihasmuscle
2Finnish-sForms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or...
3Proto-Finnic-nciForms ordinal numbers from the corresponding...
4Proto-Uralic-mte—

via Finnish polvitaive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolvitaiveham; popliteal
2Finnishpolviknee; stifle; hitch
3Proto-Finnicpolviknee
4Proto-Uralicpolweknee
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mte →Every word from Finnish -s →Every word from Proto-Finnic -nci →