Where does “australiankelpie” come from?

australiankelpie (Finnish) comes from Finnish Australia, from Latin australis, from Latin auster, from Proto-Italic *austeros.

australiankelpie (Finnish): Australian kelpie, kelpie

Definitions

  1. Australian kelpie, kelpie

Ancestry of “australiankelpie”, step by step

australiankelpie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Australia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAustralia—
2Latinaustralissouthern; Australian; the south pole
3LatinausterThe south wind; south
4Proto-Italic*austeros—

via Finnish kelpie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkelpie—
Every word from Proto-Italic *austeros →Every word from Latin auster →Every word from Latin australis →