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

suomenpeura traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish peura

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

via Finnish suomi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsuomiThe Finnish language; Third-person singular...
2Proto-Finnicsoomiperson from Southwest Finland
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pëtra →Every word from Finnish peura →