Where does “bengalintuli” come from?

bengalintuli (Finnish) comes from Finnish Bengali, from English Bengali, from English Bengal, from Portuguese Bengala, from Persian بنگاله, from Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালা, from Sanskrit वङ्गाल.

Ancestry of “bengalintuli”, step by step

bengalintuli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish tuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtulifire; campfire; Third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*tuli
3Proto-Uralictulefire
Every word from Sanskrit वङ्गालEvery word from Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালাEvery word from Persian بنگاله
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