Where does “tyttökoira” come from?

tyttökoira (Finnish) comes from Finnish tyttö, from Finnish tytär, from Proto-Finnic tüt'är, from Proto-Balto-Slavic duktḗ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰugh₂tḗr, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewgʰ- — to produce, to produce something useful; to be...

tyttökoira (Finnish): girl dog

Definitions

  1. girl dog

Ancestry of “tyttökoira”, step by step

tyttökoira traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tyttö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyttögirl; Synonym of tytär
2Finnishtytärdaughter
3Proto-Finnictüt'ärdaughter
4Proto-Balto-Slavicduktḗdaughter
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰugh₂tḗrdaughter
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewgʰ-to produce, to produce something useful; to be...

via Finnish koira

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoiradog; dog paddle; military police
2Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰugh₂tḗr →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic duktḗ →
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