Where does “kowi-pa̱achiꞌ” come from?

kowi-pa̱achiꞌ (Chickasaw) comes from Proto-Finnic paa-.

kowi-pa̱achiꞌ (Chickasaw): eastern collared lizard, mountain boomer (Crotaphytus collaris)

Definitions

  1. eastern collared lizard, mountain boomer (Crotaphytus collaris)

Ancestry of “kowi-pa̱achiꞌ”, step by step

kowi-pa̱achiꞌ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Finnic paa-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpaa-

via Chickasaw kowiꞌ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chickasawkowiꞌbobcat
Every word from Proto-Finnic paa-