Where does “borneonvuoriorava” come from?

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

borneonvuoriorava (Finnish): Bornean mountain ground squirrel, Dremomys everetti

Definitions

  1. Bornean mountain ground squirrel, Dremomys everetti

Ancestry of “borneonvuoriorava”, step by step

borneonvuoriorava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Borneo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishBorneoBorneo
2PortugueseBorneo—
3Sanskritवरुणद्वीपisland of Varuna

via Finnish vuoriorava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuoriorava—
Every word from Sanskrit वरुणद्वीप →Every word from Portuguese Borneo →Every word from Finnish Borneo →