Where does “jamaikanhutia” come from?

jamaikanhutia (Finnish) comes from Finnish hutia, from English hutia, from Spanish jutía, from Taíno *hutiya.

jamaikanhutia (Finnish): Jamaican coney, Jamaican hutia, Geocapromys brownii

Definitions

  1. Jamaican coney, Jamaican hutia, Geocapromys brownii

Ancestry of “jamaikanhutia”, step by step

jamaikanhutia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hutia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhutiahutia; Partitive singular form of huti
2EnglishhutiaAny of the medium-sized rodents of the family...
3Spanishjutíahutia
4Taíno*hutiya—

via Finnish Jamaika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishJamaika—
2Englishjamaicaroselle
3Spanishjamaicaroselle
4TaínoXaymacaland of wood and water
Every word from Taíno *hutiya →Every word from Spanish jutía →Every word from English hutia →