Where does “chilenhemuli” come from?

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

chilenhemuli (Finnish): huemul, south Andean deer, Chilean guemal, Hippocamelus bisulcus

Definitions

  1. huemul, south Andean deer, Chilean guemal, Hippocamelus bisulcus

Ancestry of “chilenhemuli”, step by step

chilenhemuli 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 hemuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhemulihuemul, South Andean deer, guemal South American deer of the genus Hippocamelus
2Spanishhuemulhuemul
Every word from Mapudungun chilli →Every word from Quechua chiri →Every word from Spanish chile →