Where does “hilkkahännäkkö” come from?

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

hilkkahännäkkö (Finnish): bonneted bat bat of the genus Eumops

Definitions

  1. bonneted bat bat of the genus Eumops

Ancestry of “hilkkahännäkkö”, step by step

hilkkahännäkkö 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 hilkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhilkkabonnet; any plant of the genus Achimenes
2Swedishhilka—

Words derived from “hilkkahännäkkö”

Every word from Proto-Uralic čänčä →Every word from Proto-Finnic häntä →Every word from Finnish häntä →