Etymology Explorer
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Where does “polvi” come from?
polvi (Ingrian) comes from Proto-Finnic polvi, from Proto-Uralic polwe — knee.
polvi
(Ingrian): knee
Definitions
knee
Ancestry of “polvi”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Finnic
polvi
knee
2
Proto-Uralic
polwe
knee
Words derived from “polvi”
poikapolvi
polvenkakku
polvensilmä
varsanpolvi
Every word from Proto-Uralic polwe →
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