Where does “heiluriovi” come from?

heiluriovi (Finnish) comes from Finnish ovi, from Proto-Finnic ovi, from Proto-Uralic owe — door.

heiluriovi (Finnish): swing door, swinging door

Definitions

  1. swing door, swinging door

Ancestry of “heiluriovi”, step by step

heiluriovi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ovi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishovidoor
2Proto-Finnicovi—
3Proto-Uralicowedoor

via Finnish heiluri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishheiluripendulum
2Finnishheiluato swing, to sway, to rock; to be loose; to swing
3Proto-Finnicheiludakto swing, to sway, to rock
Every word from Proto-Uralic owe →