Where does “vuoripeippo” come from?
vuoripeippo (Finnish) comes from Finnish Vuori, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
vuoripeippo (Finnish): mountain finch
Definitions
- mountain finch
Ancestry of “vuoripeippo”, step by step
vuoripeippo 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 peippo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | peippo | A finch; A chaffinch |