Where does “kaurikotilo” come from?

kaurikotilo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kotilo, from Finnish -lö, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

kaurikotilo (Finnish): money cowry

Definitions

  1. money cowry

Ancestry of “kaurikotilo”, step by step

kaurikotilo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kotilo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkotilogastropod, mollusc, seashell, snail; the shell of...
2Finnish-löFront vowel variant of -lo
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Hindi कौड़ी

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiकौड़ीa cowry, shell used as a token in barter; any...
2Prakrit𑀓𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀺𑀬𑀸—
3Sanskritकपर्दिकाA small shell or cowrie (used as a coin)
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -lö →