Where does “elo” come from?
elo (Ingrian) comes from Proto-Finnic elo, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
elo (Ingrian): life
Ancestry of “elo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | elo | life |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | -o | — |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |