Where does “loruilu” come from?

loruilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish loruilla, from Finnish loru, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

loruilu (Finnish): driveling, rambling

Definitions

  1. driveling, rambling

Ancestry of “loruilu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishloruillato utter a short rhyme
2Finnishlorushort rhyme, e.g. nursery rhyme
3Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
4Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish loru →
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