Where does “kääpiövesikauris” come from?
kääpiövesikauris (Finnish) comes from Finnish kääpiö, from Finnish -io, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
kääpiövesikauris (Finnish): water chevrotain, fanged deer
Definitions
- water chevrotain, fanged deer
Ancestry of “kääpiövesikauris”, step by step
kääpiövesikauris 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 vesikauris
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vesikauris | water deer, "Hydropotes inermis" |
| 2 | Finnish | kauris | A mountain goat, more specifically called... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kapris | he-goat |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hafraz | he-goat |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kápros | he-goat, billy goat |