Where does “vuorikauris” come from?
vuorikauris (Finnish) comes from Finnish Vuori, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
vuorikauris (Finnish): ibex, goat goat of the genus
Definitions
- ibex, goat goat of the genus
Ancestry of “vuorikauris”, step by step
vuorikauris 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 kauris
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kauris | A mountain goat, more specifically called... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kapris | he-goat |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hafraz | he-goat |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kápros | he-goat, billy goat |
Words derived from “vuorikauris”