Where does “vuoripaka” come from?
vuoripaka (Finnish) comes from Finnish paka, from Spanish paca, from Portuguese paca, from Middle French pacque, from English pack, from Middle English pakken, from Middle English -en, from Old English -en — adjectival suffix.
vuoripaka (Finnish): mountain paca, Cuniculus taczanowskii
Definitions
- mountain paca, Cuniculus taczanowskii
Ancestry of “vuoripaka”, step by step
vuoripaka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish paka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paka | paca any South/Central American rodent of the genus |
| 2 | Spanish | paca | bale; female equivalent of paco; paca |
| 3 | Portuguese | paca | a lot; super |
| 4 | Middle French | pacque | packet |
| 5 | English | pack | A bundle made up and prepared to be carried;... |
| 6 | Middle English | pakken | To pack; to put into a pack or container; To... |
| 7 | Middle English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 8 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 9 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 10 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |