Where does “kone-elin” come from?

kone-elin (Finnish) comes from Finnish elin, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

kone-elin (Finnish): machine component

Definitions

  1. machine component

Ancestry of “kone-elin”, step by step

kone-elin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish elin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelinorgan of an organism; governmental body; member
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish elin →