Where does “ovilokero” come from?
ovilokero (Finnish) comes from Finnish lokero, from Middle Low German lok, from Old Saxon lok, from Proto-Germanic *lok.
ovilokero (Finnish): door compartment
Ancestry of “ovilokero”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | lokero | small compartment or box; pigeonhole |
| 2 | Middle Low German | lok | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | lok | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *lok | — |