Where does “kääpiökaniini” come from?

kääpiökaniini (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaniini, from Swedish kanin, from Middle Low German kanīn, from Middle Dutch connijn, from Old French connin, from Latin cunīculus — a rabbit.

Ancestry of “kääpiökaniini”, step by step

kääpiökaniini traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaniini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkaniiniA rabbit; European rabbit, "Oryctolagus...
2Swedishkanina rabbit
3Middle Low Germankanīn—
4Middle Dutchconnijn—
5Old Frenchconnin—
6Latincunīculusa rabbit

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 Latin cunīculus →