Where does “liito-orava” come from?

liito-orava (Finnish) comes from Finnish orava, from Proto-Finnic oraba, from Proto-Uralic ora, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hā́raH, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ólos, from Proto-Indo-European ēl- — awl, prong.

liito-orava (Finnish): flying squirrel; Siberian flying squirrel,...

Definitions

  1. flying squirrel; Siberian flying squirrel,...

Ancestry of “liito-orava”, step by step

liito-orava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish orava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoravasquirrel; red squirrel, Eurasian red squirrel
2Proto-Finnicorabasquirrel
3Proto-Uralicorasquirrel; awl
4Proto-Indo-IranianHā́raH
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ólosawl
6Proto-Indo-Europeanēl-awl, prong

via Finnish liito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliitoglide
2Finnishliitääto sail; to glide; to soar
3Proto-Germanicglīdanąto glide; slide
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰleydʰ-to glide

Words derived from “liito-orava

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ēl-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ólosEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hā́raH