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Where does “skotlanninpaimenkoira” come from?

skotlanninpaimenkoira (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.

skotlanninpaimenkoira (Finnish): rough collie

Definitions

  1. rough collie

Ancestry of “skotlanninpaimenkoira”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSkotlantiof Scotland, Scotch
2EnglishScotland—
3Middle EnglishScotland—
4Old EnglishScotlandIreland", later also "Scotland
5Old Englishscott—
6Latinscotus—
7Ancient Greekσκότοςdarkness, gloom
8Proto-Indo-Europeanskh₃tos—
9Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow
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