Where does “walesinpaimenkoira” come from?
walesinpaimenkoira (Finnish) comes from Finnish Wales, from English Wales, from Middle English Wales, from Old English Wēalas, from Old English wealh, from Old English īeġ, from Proto-West Germanic auwju, from Proto-Germanic awjō — water.
walesinpaimenkoira (Finnish): Welsh Sheepdog; corgi
Definitions
- Welsh Sheepdog; corgi
Ancestry of “walesinpaimenkoira”, step by step
walesinpaimenkoira traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Wales
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Wales | of Wales, Welsh |
| 2 | English | Wales | The area in which the Welsh language and culture predominated, roughly coincident with the modern country |
| 3 | Middle English | Wales | — |
| 4 | Old English | Wēalas | the Welsh |
| 5 | Old English | wealh | foreigner; Briton or Welshman; slave |
| 6 | Old English | īeġ | island |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | auwju | floodplain; meadow; island |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | awjō | floodplain; meadow; island |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | agwjō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ékʷeh₂ | water |
via Finnish paimenkoira
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paimenkoira | herding dog |
| 2 | Finnish | koira | dog; dog paddle; military police |
| 3 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 4 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 5 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |