Where does “kääpiöpeura” come from?
kääpiöpeura (Finnish) comes from Finnish kääpiö, from Finnish -io, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
kääpiöpeura (Finnish): chevrotain
Ancestry of “kääpiöpeura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kääpiö | midget, dwarf; dwarf star, dwarf |
| 2 | Finnish | -io | Forms nouns from verbs or verbal stems; Forms... |
| 3 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -o | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |