Where does “tiivisluu” come from?

tiivisluu (Finnish) comes from Finnish luu, from Proto-Finnic luu, from Proto-Uralic luwe, from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás — fox.

tiivisluu (Finnish): cortical bone

Definitions

  1. cortical bone

Ancestry of “tiivisluu”, step by step

tiivisluu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish luu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluubone
2Proto-Finnicluubone
3Proto-Uralicluwebone
4Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáhfox
5Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćásfox

via Finnish tiivis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiivistight, compact, dense, solid; concise
2Proto-Germanicstīfazstiff, rigid
3Proto-Indo-Europeansteypós
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás
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