Where does “saarikettu” come from?
saarikettu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kettu, from Finnish kettää, from Finnish kesi, from Proto-Finnic keci, from Proto-Uralic keδ́e.
saarikettu (Finnish): island fox, Urocyon littoralis
Definitions
- island fox, Urocyon littoralis
Ancestry of “saarikettu”, step by step
saarikettu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kettu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kettu | red fox; fox; Euphemistic form of vittu |
| 2 | Finnish | kettää | — |
| 3 | Finnish | kesi | The thin outer layer of skin; Third-person... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | keci | outer skin |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | keδ́e | — |
via Finnish sääri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sääri | shank, shin; cannon; used to refer to legs from... |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |