Where does “orava” come from?

orava (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic oraba, from Proto-Uralic ora, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hā́raH, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ólos, from Proto-Indo-European ēl- — awl, prong.

orava (Finnish): squirrel; red squirrel, Eurasian red squirrel

Definitions

  1. squirrel; red squirrel, Eurasian red squirrel

Ancestry of “orava”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicorabasquirrel
2Proto-Uralicorasquirrel; awl
3Proto-Indo-IranianHā́raH
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ólosawl
5Proto-Indo-Europeanēl-awl, prong

Words derived from “orava

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ēl-