Where does “polvitila” come from?

polvitila (Finnish) comes from Finnish tila, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

polvitila (Finnish): knee space

Definitions

  1. knee space

Ancestry of “polvitila”, step by step

polvitila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtilastate; condition; Short for maatila
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish polvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolviknee; stifle; hitch
2Proto-Finnicpolviknee
3Proto-Uralicpolweknee
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →