combining form of URAL1, occurring in a few terms, as Uralo-Altaic (= URAL1 b); Uralo-Caspian, pertaining to or situated near the Ural river and the Caspian sea; Uralo-Finnic, of or pertaining to the ethnically allied Ural-Altaic and Finnic peoples.
1867. Chambers’ Encycl., ix. 670/1. The Uralo-Caspian deserts.
1876. J. B. Mitchell, Dates & Data, 76. The Uralo-Finnic dialects of the present day. Ibid., 77. The Uralo-Finnic speaking people.
1879. Encycl. Brit., IX. 219/2. It is maintained by some that the Finnic languages represent the oldest forms among the Uralo-Altaic groups.
