Where does “kaukasianteeri” come from?

kaukasianteeri (Finnish) comes from Finnish teeri, from Proto-Finnic tetri — black grouse.

kaukasianteeri (Finnish): Caucasian black grouse, Lyrurus mlokociewizci

Definitions

  1. Caucasian black grouse, Lyrurus mlokociewizci

Ancestry of “kaukasianteeri”, step by step

kaukasianteeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish teeri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteeriblack grouse, "Lyrurus tetrix", formerly "Tetrao...
2Proto-Finnictetriblack grouse

via Finnish Kaukasia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKaukasiaCaucasia
2RussianКавказия—
Every word from Proto-Finnic tetri →Every word from Finnish teeri →
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