Where does “kärppämaki” come from?
kärppämaki (Finnish) comes from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
kärppämaki (Finnish): any of the lemurs in the family Lepilemuridae
Definitions
- any of the lemurs in the family Lepilemuridae
Ancestry of “kärppämaki”, step by step
kärppämaki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Mäki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Mäki | Any of a number of small places in Finland |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish kärppä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kärppä | stoat, short-tailed weasel; ermine especially in the white winter coat, Mustela erminea |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kärppä | stoat, ermine |
Words derived from “kärppämaki”