Where does “kallionkolo” come from?

kallionkolo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kolo, from Proto-Finnic kolo, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kolɜ.

kallionkolo (Finnish): rock crevice

Definitions

  1. rock crevice

Ancestry of “kallionkolo”, step by step

kallionkolo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kolo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolohole; groove; notch, indentation
2Proto-Finnickolohole
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickolɜ—

via Finnish Kallio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKallioAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*kallijo—
3Proto-Germanichallijǭ—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric kolɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic kolo →Every word from Finnish kolo →