Where does “tulivuorikaniini” come from?

tulivuorikaniini (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaniini, from Swedish kanin, from Middle Low German kanīn, from Middle Dutch connijn, from Old French connin, from Latin cunīculus — a rabbit.

tulivuorikaniini (Finnish): volcano rabbit

Definitions

  1. volcano rabbit

Ancestry of “tulivuorikaniini”, step by step

tulivuorikaniini traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaniini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkaniiniA rabbit; European rabbit, "Oryctolagus...
2Swedishkanina rabbit
3Middle Low Germankanīn—
4Middle Dutchconnijn—
5Old Frenchconnin—
6Latincunīculusa rabbit

via Finnish tulivuori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtulivuorivolcano
2FinnishVuorimountain large mass of earth and rock
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—
Every word from Latin cunīculus →Every word from Old French connin →Every word from Middle Dutch connijn →