1867 Chambers' Encycl. IX. 670/1The Uralo-Caspian deserts.
1876 J. B. Mitchell Dates & Data 76The Uralo-Finnic dialects of the present day.
Ibid. 77The Uralo-Finnic speaking people.
1877 A. H. Keane tr. Hovelacque'sSci. ofLang. vi. 308In Central Asia other Uralo-Altaïc tribes have..adopted Persian. [ sic]
1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 219/2It is maintained by some that the Finnic languages represent the oldest forms among the Uralo-Altaic groups.
ORIGIN: from Ural adjective + -o- .
Uralo-
Prefix
- pertaining to Ural, especially as a political entity
Etymology
Shortened unetymologically from Ural in compounds- 20th century formation, perhaps echoing terms like Afro-, Indo-, Sino- etc.