Where does “meeselokas” come from?

meeselokas (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian elokas, from Ingrian elo, from Proto-Finnic elo, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

Ancestry of “meeselokas”, step by step

meeselokas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian elokas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianelokasanimal
2Ingrianelolife
3Proto-Finnicelolife
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w—

via Ingrian mees

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmeesman
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic elo →