Where does “virginianpeura” come from?

virginianpeura (Finnish) comes from Finnish Virginia, from English Virginia, from Latin Virginia, from Latin Verginia.

virginianpeura (Finnish): Alternative term for valkohäntäpeura;...

Definitions

  1. Alternative term for valkohäntäpeura;...

Ancestry of “virginianpeura”, step by step

virginianpeura traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Virginia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVirginiaof Virginia
2EnglishVirginiaA former colony that was a part of the British Empire
3LatinVirginia—
4LatinVerginia—

via Finnish peura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeuraa reindeer or a caribou, a general term used to...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*pëtra—
Every word from Latin Verginia →Every word from Latin Virginia →Every word from English Virginia →