Where does “vahalieriö” come from?

vahalieriö (Finnish) comes from Finnish lieriö, from Finnish liereä, from Finnish liero, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

vahalieriö (Finnish): wax cylinder, phonograph cylinder

Definitions

  1. wax cylinder, phonograph cylinder

Ancestry of “vahalieriö”, step by step

vahalieriö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lieriö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlieriöcylinder
2Finnishliereäcylindrical
3Finnishlieroearthworm; jackal, skunk
4Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
6Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish vähä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvähäthe little; little, few, scarce
2Proto-Finnicvähäsmall amount, little
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →