Where does “hopeagibboni” come from?

hopeagibboni (Finnish) comes from Finnish hopea, from Proto-Finnic hopeda, from Proto-Germanic samftijaz.

hopeagibboni (Finnish): silvery gibbon, "Hylobates moloch"

Definitions

  1. silvery gibbon, "Hylobates moloch"

Ancestry of “hopeagibboni”, step by step

hopeagibboni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hopea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhopeasilver
2Proto-Finnichopedasilver; soft
3Proto-Germanicsamftijaz—

via Finnish gibboni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishgibboniA gibbon
2FrenchgibbonGibbon
Every word from Proto-Germanic samftijaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic hopeda →Every word from Finnish hopea →