Where does “borneonbeletti” come from?

borneonbeletti (Finnish) comes from Finnish Borneo, from Portuguese Borneo, from Sanskrit वरुणद्वीप — island of Varuna.

borneonbeletti (Finnish): Hose's palm civet

Definitions

  1. Hose's palm civet

Ancestry of “borneonbeletti”, step by step

borneonbeletti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Borneo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishBorneoBorneo
2PortugueseBorneo—
3Sanskritवरुणद्वीपisland of Varuna

via Finnish beletti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbelettipalm civet any viverrid in the subfamily
2Frenchbeletteweasel (specifically, the least weasel)
Every word from Sanskrit वरुणद्वीप →Every word from Portuguese Borneo →Every word from Finnish Borneo →