Where does “elo” come from?

elo (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic elo, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

elo (Finnish): life; crop, especially corn; Abbreviation of...

Definitions

  1. life; crop, especially corn; Abbreviation of...

Ancestry of “elo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicelolife
2Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
3Proto-Uralic-w—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic elo →