Where does “kiinanharjakoira” come from?

kiinanharjakoira (Finnish) comes from Finnish harja, from Russian Харитон, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

kiinanharjakoira (Finnish): Chinese Crested Dog

Definitions

  1. Chinese Crested Dog

Ancestry of “kiinanharjakoira”, step by step

kiinanharjakoira traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish harja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishharjabrush; mane; crest
2RussianХаритон
3Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
4Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
5Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
6Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish koira

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoiradog; dog paddle; military police
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*koira
3Proto-Uralickojeramale animal
4Proto-Uralickojemale; dawn

via Finnish Kiina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKiinaChina; of China; Chinese
2SwedishKinaChina
3Chinese
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc
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