Where does “onteloeläin” come from?

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

onteloeläin (Finnish): coelenterate; any animal of the phyla Ctenophora...

Definitions

  1. coelenterate; any animal of the phyla Ctenophora...

Ancestry of “onteloeläin”, step by step

onteloeläin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ontelo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishontelocavity; sinus; coelenteron
2Finnish-löFront vowel variant of -lo
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish eläin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheläinanimal
2FinnishelääTo live, be alive; To live
3Proto-Finnicelädäkto live
4Proto-Uralicelä-to live
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -lö →