Where does “jamaikankukkaleikko” come from?

jamaikankukkaleikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish Jamaika, from English jamaica, from Spanish jamaica, from Taíno Xaymaca — land of wood and water.

jamaikankukkaleikko (Finnish): Jamaican flower bat, Phyllonycteris aphylla critically endangered species of bat endemic to Jamaica

Definitions

  1. Jamaican flower bat, Phyllonycteris aphylla critically endangered species of bat endemic to Jamaica

Ancestry of “jamaikankukkaleikko”, step by step

jamaikankukkaleikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Jamaika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishJamaika—
2Englishjamaicaroselle
3Spanishjamaicaroselle
4TaínoXaymacaland of wood and water

via Finnish kukkaleikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkukkaleikkoflower bat
Every word from Taíno Xaymaca →Every word from Spanish jamaica →Every word from English jamaica →