Where does “riippukotelo” come from?

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

riippukotelo (Finnish): suspended pupa

Definitions

  1. suspended pupa

Ancestry of “riippukotelo”, step by step

riippukotelo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kotelo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkotelopupa; cocoon; case, box, capsule, enclosure
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 riippua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishriippuaTo hang, dangle, be suspended; To depend
2Proto-Finnicrippudakto hang
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -lö →
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