Where does “lemmikkieläinkauppa” come from?

lemmikkieläinkauppa (Finnish) comes from Finnish lemmikkieläin, from Finnish lemmikki, from Finnish lempiä, from Finnish Lempi, from Finnish lempi, from Proto-Finnic lempi — ? flame,? spark,? warmth.

lemmikkieläinkauppa (Finnish): pet shop

Definitions

  1. pet shop

Ancestry of “lemmikkieläinkauppa”, step by step

lemmikkieläinkauppa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lemmikkieläin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlemmikkieläinpet
2Finnishlemmikkipet; forget-me-not
3Finnishlempiäto make love; Partitive plural form of lempi
4FinnishLempi(erotic) love
5Finnishlempilove; love-making, sex; As a very common former...
6Proto-Finniclempi? flame,? spark,? warmth

via Finnish kauppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkauppacommerce, business, trade; traffic; buying and...
2Proto-Germanickaupazpurchase
3LatincaupoTradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper
4Proto-Indo-Europeankaup-—
Every word from Proto-Finnic lempi →Every word from Finnish lempi →Every word from Finnish Lempi →