Where does “railo” come from?

railo (Finnish) comes from Finnish Raita, from Proto-Germanic raidō, from Proto-Germanic rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

railo (Finnish): crack, crevasse on ice

Definitions

  1. crack, crevasse on ice

Ancestry of “railo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishRaitastripe, band long strip of a colour or material
2Proto-Germanicraidōride, journey; name of the R-rune
3Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

Words derived from “railo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →