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Where does “villipeura” come from?

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

villipeura (Finnish): Synonym of metsäpeura

Definitions

  1. Synonym of metsäpeura

Ancestry of “villipeura”, step by step

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