Where does “lumileopardi” come from?

lumileopardi (Finnish) comes from Finnish leopardi, from Swedish leopard, from Medieval Latin leopardus, from Ancient Greek λεόπαρδος, from Ancient Greek Λέων, from Ancient Greek λέων — lion; Leo, the zodiacal sign; lionheart, savage.

lumileopardi (Finnish): snow leopard

Definitions

  1. snow leopard

Ancestry of “lumileopardi”, step by step

lumileopardi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leopardi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleopardileopard
2Swedishleopardleopard
3Medieval Latinleopardusleopard
4Ancient Greekλεόπαρδοςleopon, lipard; leopard
5Ancient GreekΛέωνlion
6Ancient Greekλέωνlion; Leo, the zodiacal sign; lionheart, savage

via Finnish Lumi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLumisnow frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation; sometimes also similar frozen forms of other substances
2Finnishlumisnow
3Proto-Finniclumisnow
4Proto-Uraliclomesnow
Every word from Ancient Greek λέων →Every word from Ancient Greek Λέων →Every word from Ancient Greek λεόπαρδος →