Where does “arokissa” come from?

arokissa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kissa, from Swedish kisse, from Swedish kiss — pee, wee, tinkle, urine.

arokissa (Finnish): manul, Pallas' cat, Otocolobus manul

Definitions

  1. manul, Pallas' cat, Otocolobus manul

Ancestry of “arokissa”, step by step

arokissa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kissa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkissacat; cat, chick, fox
2Swedishkissecat, kitty
3Swedishkisspee, wee, tinkle, urine

via Finnish aro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisharosteppe; humid or swampy meadow or plain
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
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