Where does “belgianpaimenkoira” come from?
belgianpaimenkoira (Finnish) comes from Finnish Belgia, from Latin Belgium, from Latin Belgica, from Latin belgicus, from Latin Belgae, from Proto-Celtic bolg-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelgʰ- — to bulge, swell.
belgianpaimenkoira (Finnish): Belgian shepherd, Belgian sheepdog, Belgian Sheepdog breed of medium-to-large-sized herding dog
Definitions
- Belgian shepherd, Belgian sheepdog, Belgian Sheepdog breed of medium-to-large-sized herding dog
Ancestry of “belgianpaimenkoira”, step by step
belgianpaimenkoira traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Belgia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Belgia | — |
| 2 | Latin | Belgium | — |
| 3 | Latin | Belgica | — |
| 4 | Latin | belgicus | Belgic |
| 5 | Latin | Belgae | the Belgians; Belgians |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | bolg- | to swell |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelgʰ- | to bulge, swell |
via Finnish paimenkoira
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paimenkoira | herding dog |
| 2 | Finnish | koira | dog; dog paddle; military police |
| 3 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 4 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 5 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |