Where does “ro-ro-alus” come from?

ro-ro-alus (Finnish) comes from Finnish alus, from Finnish ala, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.

ro-ro-alus (Finnish): RORO vessel, roll-on roll-off vessel

Definitions

  1. RORO vessel, roll-on roll-off vessel

Ancestry of “ro-ro-alus”, step by step

ro-ro-alus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalusvessel, craft, ship; underlay, base; subject
2Finnishalaarea, field, domain; field, discipline; industry,...
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Finnish ro-ro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishro-ro—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëla →Every word from Proto-Finnic ala →Every word from Finnish ala →