Where does “keuhkokotilo” come from?

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

keuhkokotilo (Finnish): pulmonate gastropod of the order

Definitions

  1. pulmonate gastropod of the order

Ancestry of “keuhkokotilo”, step by step

keuhkokotilo 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 Finnish keuhko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeuhkolung
2Finnishkevytlight, lightweight
3Finnishkeveälightweight
4Proto-Finnickepedälight, of little weight
5Proto-Uralickepälight, of little weight
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -lö →