Where does “suurpeto” come from?

suurpeto (Finnish) comes from Finnish suur-, from Finnish suuri, from Proto-Finnic suuri, from Proto-Germanic stūra-.

suurpeto (Finnish): large predator

Definitions

  1. large predator

Ancestry of “suurpeto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuur-great, grand, major, macro-
2Finnishsuurilarge; big; great
3Proto-Finnicsuuribig, large
4Proto-Germanicstūra-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic stūra- →Every word from Proto-Finnic suuri →Every word from Finnish suuri →