Where does “jamaikanviikunaleikko” come from?

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

jamaikanviikunaleikko (Finnish): Jamaican fig-eating bat, Ariteus flavescens relatively small species of bat endemic to Jamaica

Definitions

  1. Jamaican fig-eating bat, Ariteus flavescens relatively small species of bat endemic to Jamaica

Ancestry of “jamaikanviikunaleikko”, step by step

jamaikanviikunaleikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Jamaika

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

via Finnish viikunaleikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviikunaleikko—
Every word from Taíno Xaymaca →Every word from Spanish jamaica →Every word from English jamaica →