Where does “chilenpudu” come from?

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

chilenpudu (Finnish): southern pudu, Pudu puda

Definitions

  1. southern pudu, Pudu puda

Ancestry of “chilenpudu”, step by step

chilenpudu 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 pudu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpudupudu small deer of genera Pudu and Pudella
2Spanishpudúpudu
3Araucanianpudu—
Every word from Mapudungun chilli →Every word from Quechua chiri →Every word from Spanish chile →