Where does “etiopianvuorikauris” come from?

etiopianvuorikauris (Finnish) comes from Finnish Etiopia, from Latin Aethiopia, from Ancient Greek Αἰθιοπία, from Ancient Greek Αἰθίοψ, from Ancient Greek ὤψ, from Proto-Hellenic ókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

etiopianvuorikauris (Finnish): walia ibex

Definitions

  1. walia ibex

Ancestry of “etiopianvuorikauris”, step by step

etiopianvuorikauris traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Etiopia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishEtiopiaEthiopian
2LatinAethiopiaSub-Saharan Africa
3Ancient GreekΑἰθιοπία
4Ancient GreekΑἰθίοψEthiopian
5Ancient Greekὤψto the eye; in the face; eye
6Proto-Hellenicókʷseye
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ókʷseye
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

via Finnish vuorikauris

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuorikaurisibex, goat goat of the genus
2FinnishVuorimountain large mass of earth and rock
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ókʷsEvery word from Proto-Hellenic ókʷs