Where does “jaavankääpiökauris” come from?
jaavankääpiökauris (Finnish) comes from Finnish kääpiökauris, from Finnish kääpiö, from Finnish -io, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
jaavankääpiökauris (Finnish): kanchil, lesser mouse deer or Java mouse-deer
Definitions
- kanchil, lesser mouse deer or Java mouse-deer
Ancestry of “jaavankääpiökauris”, step by step
jaavankääpiökauris traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kääpiökauris
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kääpiökauris | chevrotain |
| 2 | Finnish | kääpiö | midget, dwarf; dwarf star, dwarf |
| 3 | Finnish | -io | Forms nouns from verbs or verbal stems; Forms... |
| 4 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |