Where does “rasvapoimu” come from?

rasvapoimu (Finnish) comes from Finnish poimu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

rasvapoimu (Finnish): fat fold, fat crease

Definitions

  1. fat fold, fat crease

Ancestry of “rasvapoimu”, step by step

rasvapoimu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poimu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoimufold, warp, crease, wrinkle, ruga
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish rasva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrasvafat; grease; ointment
2Proto-Finnicrasvafat
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish poimu →
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