Where does “kantakirjalehmä” come from?

kantakirjalehmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kantakirja, from Finnish kanta, from Proto-Finnic kanta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kanta.

kantakirjalehmä (Finnish): pedigree cow

Definitions

  1. pedigree cow

Ancestry of “kantakirjalehmä”, step by step

kantakirjalehmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kantakirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkantakirjapedigree, studbook, breeding book, herd book
2Finnishkantastem; position, opinion, point of view, account;...
3Proto-Finnickantaheel
4Proto-Finno-Ugrickanta—

via Finnish lehmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlehmäcow; any female ruminant; often with a modifier;...
2Proto-Finniclehmäcow
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric kanta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kanta →Every word from Finnish kanta →