Where does “englanninkääpiöterrieri” come from?
englanninkääpiöterrieri (Finnish) comes from Finnish kääpiöterrieri, from Finnish terrieri, from English terrier, from French terrier, from Middle French terrier, from Old French chien terrier, from Old French terrier, from Medieval Latin terrarius — dry.
englanninkääpiöterrieri (Finnish): English Toy Terrier
Definitions
- English Toy Terrier
Ancestry of “englanninkääpiöterrieri”, step by step
englanninkääpiöterrieri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kääpiöterrieri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kääpiöterrieri | either an English Toy Terrier or a toy fox terrier |
| 2 | Finnish | terrieri | terrier |
| 3 | English | terrier | A dog from a group of small, lively breeds,... |
| 4 | French | terrier | relating to the ground, earth or land;... |
| 5 | Middle French | terrier | — |
| 6 | Old French | chien terrier | terrier dog |
| 7 | Old French | terrier | — |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | terrarius | of earth |
| 9 | Latin | Terra | Terra goddess of the Earth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |
via Finnish englanti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | englanti | English |
| 2 | Swedish | England | — |
| 3 | English | England | The territory of the Angles and (later) Anglo-Saxons in Britain at any given time before the founding of the Kingdom of England, or the territory of the English people at any given time, in either the Kingdom of England or the United Kingdom |
| 4 | Middle English | Engelond | — |
| 5 | Old English | Engla land | land of the Angles |
| 6 | Old English | land | land; a country; region within a country:... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |