Where does “polvensilmä” come from?

polvensilmä (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian polvi, from Proto-Finnic polvi, from Proto-Uralic polwe — knee.

polvensilmä (Ingrian): kneecap

Definitions

  1. kneecap

Ancestry of “polvensilmä”, step by step

polvensilmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian polvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpolviknee
2Proto-Finnicpolviknee
3Proto-Uralicpolweknee

via Ingrian silmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriansilmäeye
2Ingrian-uUsed to form nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Uralic polwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic polvi →Every word from Ingrian polvi →
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