Where does “kuuloelin” come from?
kuuloelin (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuulo, from Finnish kuulla, from Proto-Finnic kuuldak, from Proto-Uralic *kuwle- — to hear.
kuuloelin (Finnish): auditory organ, organ of hearing
Definitions
- auditory organ, organ of hearing
Ancestry of “kuuloelin”, step by step
kuuloelin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kuulo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuulo | The sense of hearing |
| 2 | Finnish | kuulla | to hear; to hear of; to listen to |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kuuldak | to hear |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | *kuwle- | to hear |
via Finnish elin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elin | organ of an organism; governmental body; member |
| 2 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |