Where does “eallu” come from?

eallu (Northern Sami) comes from Proto-Samic ealō — reindeer herd.

eallu (Northern Sami): a flock, herd, crowd (can be used to refer to both people and animals)

Definitions

  1. a flock, herd, crowd (can be used to refer to both people and animals)

Ancestry of “eallu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicealōreindeer herd
Every word from Proto-Samic ealō