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Where does “ontelo” come from?

ontelo (Finnish) comes from Finnish -lö, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

ontelo (Finnish): cavity; sinus; coelenteron

Definitions

  1. cavity; sinus; coelenteron

Ancestry of “ontelo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-löFront vowel variant of -lo
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-s—
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

Words derived from “ontelo”

  • nenäontelo
  • ontelolaatta
  • poskiontelontulehdus
  • onteloluu
  • otsaontelotulehdus
  • seulaluun ontelo
  • rintaontelo
  • ontelokangas
  • onteloammus
  • onteloharmaa
  • otsaontelo
  • ontelosyylä
  • onteloinen
  • onteloeläin
  • ontelomainen
  • suuontelo
  • onteloitua
  • onteloida
  • poskiontelo
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