Where does “ecuadorinkalansyöjärotta” come from?

ecuadorinkalansyöjärotta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kalansyöjärotta, from Finnish syöjä, from Proto-Finnic sooja, from Russian со́я, from Dutch soja, from Japanese そい, from Japanese 醤油, from Middle Chinese 醬油 — bean paste.

ecuadorinkalansyöjärotta (Finnish): montane fish-eating rat, Neusticomys monticolus

Definitions

  1. montane fish-eating rat, Neusticomys monticolus

Ancestry of “ecuadorinkalansyöjärotta”, step by step

ecuadorinkalansyöjärotta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalansyöjärotta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalansyöjärottafish-eating rat
2Finnishsyöjäeater
3Proto-Finnicsoojashelter; protection; warm
4Russianсо́яjay {{i|dialectal}}
5Dutchsojasoy
6Japaneseそい醤油 soy sauce
7Japanese醤油soy sauce
8Middle Chinese醬油
9Middle Chinesebean paste

via Finnish Ecuador

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishEcuador
2Spanishecuadorequator
3Medieval Latinaequatorequalizer; equator; second-person singular future...
4Latinaequōto equalize, make equal to something else, equate
5Latinæquusequal
6Latinvocāre
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Middle Chinese Every word from Middle Chinese 醬油Every word from Japanese 醤油
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