Where does “suuontelo” come from?

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

suuontelo (Finnish): oral cavity

Definitions

  1. oral cavity

Ancestry of “suuontelo”, step by step

suuontelo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ontelo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishontelocavity; sinus; coelenteron
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 suu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuumouth
2Proto-Finnicsüüthread, fibre; annual ring; reason, cause
3Proto-Uralicśuwemouth
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -lö →