Where does “häntänata” come from?

häntänata (Finnish) comes from Finnish häntä, from Proto-Finnic häntä, from Proto-Uralic čänčä.

häntänata (Finnish): any plant of the genus Vulpia

Definitions

  1. any plant of the genus Vulpia

Ancestry of “häntänata”, step by step

häntänata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish häntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhäntäa narrow tail; ogonek; Partitive form of hän
2Proto-Finnichäntätail
3Proto-Uralicčänčä—

via Finnish nata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnatafescue
2Latinnaccafuller
3Sanskritनृत्य—
Every word from Proto-Uralic čänčä →Every word from Proto-Finnic häntä →Every word from Finnish häntä →