Where does “jamaikanhankko” come from?
jamaikanhankko (Finnish) comes from Finnish Jamaika, from English jamaica, from Spanish jamaica, from Taíno Xaymaca — land of wood and water.
jamaikanhankko (Finnish): Jamaican fruit bat, Jamaican fruit-eating bat, Mexican fruit bat, Artibeus jamaicensis fruit-eating bat native to Mexico, through Central America to northwestern South America, as well as the Greater and many of the Lesser Antilles
Definitions
- Jamaican fruit bat, Jamaican fruit-eating bat, Mexican fruit bat, Artibeus jamaicensis fruit-eating bat native to Mexico, through Central America to northwestern South America, as well as the Greater and many of the Lesser Antilles
Ancestry of “jamaikanhankko”, step by step
jamaikanhankko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Jamaika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Jamaika | — |
| 2 | English | jamaica | roselle |
| 3 | Spanish | jamaica | roselle |
| 4 | Taíno | Xaymaca | land of wood and water |
via Finnish hankko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hankko | bat of the subfamily Stenodermatinae |