Where does “kääpiögalaksi” come from?

kääpiögalaksi (Finnish) comes from Finnish galaksi, from Swedish galax, from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας, from Ancient Greek γάλα, from Proto-Indo-European glakt-.

kääpiögalaksi (Finnish): dwarf galaxy

Definitions

  1. dwarf galaxy

Ancestry of “kääpiögalaksi”, step by step

kääpiögalaksi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish galaksi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishgalaksigalaxy
2Swedishgalaxgalaxy; a large collection of stars
3Ancient Greekγαλαξίαςthe Milky Way galaxy; tailor's chalk; dogfish
4Ancient Greekγάλαmilk; milky sap; the Milky Way galaxy
5Proto-Indo-Europeanglakt-—

via Finnish kääpiö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkääpiömidget, dwarf; dwarf star, dwarf
2Finnish-ioForms nouns from verbs or verbal stems; Forms...
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European glakt- →Every word from Ancient Greek γάλα →Every word from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας →