Where does “vuorikärppä” come from?

vuorikärppä (Finnish) comes from Finnish Vuori, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

vuorikärppä (Finnish): mountain weasel, Mustela altaica species of weasel native to mountainous areas of Central Asia

Definitions

  1. mountain weasel, Mustela altaica species of weasel native to mountainous areas of Central Asia

Ancestry of “vuorikärppä”, step by step

vuorikärppä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Vuori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVuorimountain large mass of earth and rock
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish kärppä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkärppästoat, short-tailed weasel; ermine especially in the white winter coat, Mustela erminea
2Proto-Finnickärppästoat, ermine
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish Vuori →