Where does “blanfordinkettu” come from?

blanfordinkettu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kettu, from Finnish kettää, from Finnish kesi, from Proto-Finnic keci, from Proto-Uralic keδ́e.

blanfordinkettu (Finnish): Blanford's fox, "Vulpes cana"

Definitions

  1. Blanford's fox, "Vulpes cana"

Ancestry of “blanfordinkettu”, step by step

blanfordinkettu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kettu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkettured fox; fox; Euphemistic form of vittu
2Finnishkettää
3FinnishkesiThe thin outer layer of skin; Third-person...
4Proto-Finnickeciouter skin
5Proto-Uralickeδ́e

via Finnish Blanfordin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishBlanfordin
Every word from Proto-Uralic keδ́eEvery word from Proto-Finnic keciEvery word from Finnish kesi