Where does “kuoppaelin” come from?

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

kuoppaelin (Finnish): pit organ

Definitions

  1. pit organ

Ancestry of “kuoppaelin”, step by step

kuoppaelin 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 kuoppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuoppapit; pothole
2Proto-Finnickooppapit
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish elin →