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Where does “suomenpeura” come from?

suomenpeura (Finnish) comes from Finnish peura, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pëtra.

suomenpeura (Finnish): Finnish forest reindeer, "Rangifer tarandus...

Definitions

  1. Finnish forest reindeer, "Rangifer tarandus...

Ancestry of “suomenpeura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeuraa reindeer or a caribou, a general term used to...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*pëtra—
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