Where does “jamaikanpitkäjalkalepakko” come from?

jamaikanpitkäjalkalepakko (Finnish) comes from Finnish pitkä, from Proto-Finnic pitkä, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

jamaikanpitkäjalkalepakko (Finnish): Cuban funnel-eared bat, Chilonatalus micropus species of bat found in Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Jamaica

Definitions

  1. Cuban funnel-eared bat, Chilonatalus micropus species of bat found in Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Jamaica

Ancestry of “jamaikanpitkäjalkalepakko”, step by step

jamaikanpitkäjalkalepakko traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pitkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitkälong; tall; Short for pitkä kiekko
2Proto-Finnicpitkälong; tall
3Proto-Uralicpidetall
4Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
5Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
6Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-

via Finnish Jamaika

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

via Finnish jalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
2Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäkEvery word from Finnish pitää
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