Where does “sankarieepos” come from?

sankarieepos (Finnish) comes from Finnish eepos, from Ancient Greek ἔπος, from Ancient Greek ϝέπος, from Proto-Hellenic wékʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wékʷos, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

sankarieepos (Finnish): heroic epic

Definitions

  1. heroic epic

Ancestry of “sankarieepos”, step by step

sankarieepos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish eepos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheeposAn epic
2Ancient Greekἔποςsomething spoken: speech, story, song; epic...
3Ancient Greekϝέπος—
4Proto-Hellenicwékʷosword, speech
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwékʷos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

via Finnish sankari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsankarihero, heroine; great capricorn beetle
2Old Swedishsangaresinger
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wékʷos →Every word from Proto-Hellenic wékʷos →