Where does “alaskanpiiskujänis” come from?

alaskanpiiskujänis (Finnish) comes from Finnish piiskujänis, from Finnish piisku, from Finnish piiska, from Swedish piska, from German Peitsche, from Proto-Slavic bičь, from Proto-Indo-European bʰiH-ti̯o.

alaskanpiiskujänis (Finnish): collared pika

Definitions

  1. collared pika

Ancestry of “alaskanpiiskujänis”, step by step

alaskanpiiskujänis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piiskujänis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiiskujänispika
2Finnishpiiskugoldenrod; the genus "Solidago"
3Finnishpiiskaa short whip, crop; black and white
4Swedishpiskawhip; a rod or rope used to punish or torture...
5GermanPeitschewhip
6Proto-Slavicbičьwhip
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰiH-ti̯o—

via Finnish Alaska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAlaska—
2EnglishAlaskaEllipsis of baked Alaska
3RussianАля́ска—
4Aleutalaxsxaqthat toward which the action of the sea is...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰiH-ti̯o →Every word from Proto-Slavic bičь →Every word from German Peitsche →