Where does “chilendegu” come from?

chilendegu (Finnish) comes from Finnish Chile, from Spanish chile, from Quechua chiri, from Mapudungun chilli — where the land ends; seagull Larus dominicanus.

chilendegu (Finnish): Bridges' degu, Octodon bridgesi; moon-toothed...

Definitions

  1. Bridges' degu, Octodon bridgesi; moon-toothed...

Ancestry of “chilendegu”, step by step

chilendegu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Chile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishChile—
2Spanishchilechili, chilli, chile; penis
3Quechuachiricold; frost, cold; a "cold" temperature or...
4Mapudungunchilliwhere the land ends; seagull Larus dominicanus

via Finnish degu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishdeguoctodontid; degu; common degu, Octodon degus
2Spanishdegúdegu
3Araucaniandewü—
Every word from Mapudungun chilli →Every word from Quechua chiri →Every word from Spanish chile →