Where does “hoikkamaki” come from?

hoikkamaki (Finnish) comes from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

hoikkamaki (Finnish): sportive lemur, weasel lemur lemur of the family Lepilemuridae

Definitions

  1. sportive lemur, weasel lemur lemur of the family Lepilemuridae

Ancestry of “hoikkamaki”, step by step

hoikkamaki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Mäki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishMäkiAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish hoikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhoikkaslim; lean
2Proto-Finnichoikkaslim, thin, slender
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish Mäki →