Where does “skotlanninhirvikoira” come from?
skotlanninhirvikoira (Finnish) comes from Finnish Skotlanti, from English Scotland, from Middle English Scotland, from Old English Scotland, from Old English scott, from Latin scotus, from Ancient Greek σκότος, from Proto-Indo-European skh₃tos — darkness, shadow.
skotlanninhirvikoira (Finnish): Scottish deerhound, deerhound
Definitions
- Scottish deerhound, deerhound
Ancestry of “skotlanninhirvikoira”, step by step
skotlanninhirvikoira traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Skotlanti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Skotlanti | of Scotland, Scotch |
| 2 | English | Scotland | referring to someone from Scotland |
| 3 | Middle English | Scotland | — |
| 4 | Old English | Scotland | Ireland", later also "Scotland |
| 5 | Old English | scott | A Scot |
| 6 | Latin | scotus | Erebus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σκότος | darkness, gloom |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skh₃tos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃- | darkness, shadow |
via Finnish hirvikoira
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hirvikoira | elkhound, any dog trained for assisting in elk... |
| 2 | Finnish | koira | dog; dog paddle; military police |
| 3 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 4 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 5 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |