Where does “vuorikenguru” come from?
vuorikenguru (Finnish) comes from Finnish Vuori, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
vuorikenguru (Finnish): eastern wallaroo, wallaroo, hill wallaroo, common...
Definitions
- eastern wallaroo, wallaroo, hill wallaroo, common...
Ancestry of “vuorikenguru”, step by step
vuorikenguru 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 kenguru
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kenguru | kangaroo |
| 2 | English | kangaroo | A member of the Macropodidae family of large... |
| 3 | Guugu Yimidhirr | gangurru | large grey or black kangaroo |