Where does “hoikkatupaija” come from?

hoikkatupaija (Finnish) comes from Finnish tupaija, from taxonomic name Tupaia, from Malay tupai, from Quechua tupay — meeting, encounter; fight, conflict; sparring.

hoikkatupaija (Finnish): slender tree shrew, "Tupaia gracilis"

Definitions

  1. slender tree shrew, "Tupaia gracilis"

Ancestry of “hoikkatupaija”, step by step

hoikkatupaija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tupaija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtupaijatree shrew
2taxonomic nameTupaia—
3Malaytupaisquirrel; tree shrew
4Quechuatupaymeeting, encounter; fight, conflict; sparring

via Finnish hoikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhoikkaslim; lean
2Proto-Finnichoikkaslim, thin, slender
Every word from Quechua tupay →Every word from Malay tupai →Every word from taxonomic name Tupaia →