Where does “onteloluu” come from?

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

onteloluu (Finnish): A pneumatic bone

Definitions

  1. A pneumatic bone

Ancestry of “onteloluu”, step by step

onteloluu 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 luu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluubone
2Proto-Finnicluubone
3Proto-Uralicluwebone
4Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáhfox
5Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćásfox
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -lö →