Where does “ülalõualuu” come from?

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

ülalõualuu (Estonian): maxilla

Definitions

  1. maxilla

Ancestry of “ülalõualuu”, step by step

ülalõualuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian luu

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

via Estonian ülalõug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianülalõug—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás →Every word from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh →Every word from Proto-Uralic luwe →