Where does “kääpiötupaija” come from?
kääpiötupaija (Finnish) comes from Finnish kääpiö, from Finnish -io, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
Ancestry of “kääpiötupaija”, step by step
kääpiötupaija 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 tupaija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tupaija | tree shrew |
| 2 | taxonomic name | Tupaia | — |
| 3 | Malay | tupai | squirrel; tree shrew |
| 4 | Quechua | tupay | meeting, encounter; fight, conflict; sparring |