Where does “borneonorava” come from?

borneonorava (Finnish) comes from Finnish orava, from Proto-Finnic oraba, from Proto-Uralic ora, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hā́raH, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ólos, from Proto-Indo-European ēl- — awl, prong.

borneonorava (Finnish): gray-bellied squirrel, Callosciurus caniceps

Definitions

  1. gray-bellied squirrel, Callosciurus caniceps

Ancestry of “borneonorava”, step by step

borneonorava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish orava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoravasquirrel; red squirrel, Eurasian red squirrel
2Proto-Finnicorabasquirrel
3Proto-Uralicorasquirrel; awl
4Proto-Indo-IranianHā́raH—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ólosawl
6Proto-Indo-Europeanēl-awl, prong

via Finnish Borneo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishBorneoBorneo
2PortugueseBorneo—
3Sanskritवरुणद्वीपisland of Varuna
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ēl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ólos →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hā́raH →
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