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
kääpiöpeura traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kääpiö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 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 | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
via Finnish peura
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | peura | a reindeer or a caribou, a general term used to... |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *pëtra | — |