Where does “vuorigorilla” come from?
vuorigorilla (Finnish) comes from Finnish Vuori, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
vuorigorilla (Finnish): mountain gorilla
Ancestry of “vuorigorilla”, step by step
vuorigorilla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Vuori
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Vuori | mountain large mass of earth and rock |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish gorilla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | gorilla | gorilla |
| 2 | English | gorilla | The largest of the apes, native to the forests of... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Γόριλλαι | a tribe of hairy women; Gorillai {{gloss|a tribe... |