Where does “hämähäkkiapina” come from?

hämähäkkiapina (Finnish) comes from Finnish apina, from Old Swedish apina.

hämähäkkiapina (Finnish): spider monkey; ateline; subfamily Atelinae

Definitions

  1. spider monkey; ateline; subfamily Atelinae

Ancestry of “hämähäkkiapina”, step by step

hämähäkkiapina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish apina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishapinamonkey; ape
2Old Swedishapina—

via Finnish hämähäkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhämähäkkispider

Words derived from “hämähäkkiapina”

Every word from Old Swedish apina →Every word from Finnish apina →