Where does “bambumyllikäs” come from?

bambumyllikäs (Finnish) comes from Finnish bambu, from English bamboo, from Dutch bamboe, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Tamil வேம்பு, from Kannada ಬಂಬು, from Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu — neem tree.

bambumyllikäs (Finnish): bamboo rat

Definitions

  1. bamboo rat

Ancestry of “bambumyllikäs”, step by step

bambumyllikäs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish bambu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbambubamboo
2EnglishbambooA fast-growing grass of the Poaceae family,...
3Dutchbamboebamboo
4Portuguesebambubamboo
5Malaybambubamboo
6Tamilவேம்புbitterness (of taste)
7Kannadaಬಂಬುbamboo
8Proto-Dravidian*wēmpuneem tree

via Finnish myllikäs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyllikässpalacid rat-like rodent in the taxonomic family Spalacidae, earlier classified as subgroup of Muridae
2Finnishmyllätäto dig, to rummage, to grub

Words derived from “bambumyllikäs”

Every word from Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu →