Where does “alppipipistrelli” come from?

alppipipistrelli (Finnish) comes from Finnish Alpit, from Latin Alpēs — with adjective a particular portion of the Alps.

Ancestry of “alppipipistrelli”, step by step

alppipipistrelli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Alpit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAlpit—
2LatinAlpēswith adjective a particular portion of the Alps

via Finnish pipistrelli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpipistrelli—
2taxonomic namePipistrellus—
Every word from Latin Alpēs →Every word from Finnish Alpit →