Where does “nuolimainen” come from?

nuolimainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish nuoli, from Proto-Finnic nooli, from Proto-Uralic ńële — arrow.

nuolimainen (Finnish): arrow-like

Definitions

  1. arrow-like

Ancestry of “nuolimainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuoliarrow; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Proto-Finnicnooliarrow
3Proto-Uralicńëlearrow
Every word from Proto-Uralic ńële →Every word from Proto-Finnic nooli →Every word from Finnish nuoli →