Where does “bengalintiikeri” come from?

bengalintiikeri (Finnish) comes from Finnish tiikeri, from Swedish tiger, from German Tiger, from Latin tīgris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις, from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠, from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼, from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 — as fast as an arrow.

bengalintiikeri (Finnish): Bengal tiger

Definitions

  1. Bengal tiger

Ancestry of “bengalintiikeri”, step by step

bengalintiikeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tiikeri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiikeritiger
2Swedishtigertiger animal
3GermanTigertiger
4Latintīgristiger
5Ancient GreekΤίγριςtiger
6Old Persian𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠Tigris
7Akkadian𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼
8Sumerian𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼as fast as an arrow

via Finnish Bengali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishBengaliregion of South Asia
2EnglishBengaliOf, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis;...
3EnglishBengalA short-haired domestic cat breed, which...
4PortugueseBengalaBengal
5Persianبنگاله
6Middle Bengaliবাঙ্গালাBengal
7Sanskritवङ्गाल
Every word from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼Every word from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼Every word from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠
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