Where does “alaskanpika” come from?

alaskanpika (Finnish) comes from Finnish Alaska, from English Alaska, from Russian Аля́ска, from Aleut alaxsxaq — that toward which the action of the sea is...

alaskanpika (Finnish): collared pika

Definitions

  1. collared pika

Ancestry of “alaskanpika”, step by step

alaskanpika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Alaska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAlaska—
2EnglishAlaskaEllipsis of baked Alaska
3RussianАля́ска—
4Aleutalaxsxaqthat toward which the action of the sea is...

via Finnish pika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpikapika; the taxonomic family Ochotonidae
2EnglishpikaAny of several small, furry mammals, similar to...
3Frenchpikapika
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