Where does “elohopeaseos” come from?

elohopeaseos (Finnish) comes from Finnish seos, from Finnish seka-, from Proto-Finnic seka — mixed.

elohopeaseos (Finnish): amalgam, mercury alloy

Definitions

  1. amalgam, mercury alloy

Ancestry of “elohopeaseos”, step by step

elohopeaseos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseosmixture, mix; alloy
2Finnishseka-mixed; cross-
3Proto-Finnicsekamixed

via Finnish elohopea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishelohopeaA metallic element: mercury, quicksilver,...
2Latinargentum vīvumquicksilver
Every word from Proto-Finnic seka →Every word from Finnish seka- →Every word from Finnish seos →