Where does “elonleikkuukone” come from?

elonleikkuukone (Finnish) comes from Finnish leikkuukone, from Finnish leikkuu, from Finnish -uu, from Finnish -au, from Finnish -ao, from Proto-Finnic -ado, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

elonleikkuukone (Finnish): reaper, harvester machine

Definitions

  1. reaper, harvester machine

Ancestry of “elonleikkuukone”, step by step

elonleikkuukone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leikkuukone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkuukonecutting machine
2Finnishleikkuucutting
3Finnish-uuForms nouns from verbs
4Finnish-au—
5Finnish-ao—
6Proto-Finnic-ado—
7Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
8Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish Elo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishElolife, living
2Proto-Samicealōreindeer herd
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Finnish -uu →