Where does “lentävä koira” come from?
lentävä koira (Finnish) comes from Finnish koira, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
lentävä koira (Finnish): flying fox
Definitions
- flying fox
Ancestry of “lentävä koira”, step by step
lentävä koira traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish koira
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koira | dog; dog paddle; military police |
| 2 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish lentävä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lentävä | Present active participle of lentää; flying |