Where does “kääpiö” come from?

kääpiö (Finnish) comes from Finnish -io, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

kääpiö (Finnish): midget, dwarf; dwarf star, dwarf

Definitions

  1. midget, dwarf; dwarf star, dwarf

Ancestry of “kääpiö”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-ioForms nouns from verbs or verbal stems; Forms...
2Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w

Words derived from “kääpiö

Every word from Proto-Uralic -wEvery word from Finnish -oEvery word from Proto-Finnic -o