Where does “nuolimato” come from?
nuolimato (Finnish) comes from Finnish nuoli, from Proto-Finnic nooli, from Proto-Uralic ńële — arrow.
nuolimato (Finnish): An arrow worm, member of the phylum Chaetognatha
Definitions
- An arrow worm, member of the phylum Chaetognatha
Ancestry of “nuolimato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | nuoli | arrow; Third-person singular indicative past form... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | nooli | arrow |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | ńële | arrow |