Where does “juovaniskamungo” come from?

juovaniskamungo (Finnish) comes from Finnish niska, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

juovaniskamungo (Finnish): striped-necked mongoose, Herpestes vitticollis

Definitions

  1. striped-necked mongoose, Herpestes vitticollis

Ancestry of “juovaniskamungo”, step by step

juovaniskamungo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish niska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishniskanape, the back of the neck; a load bearing...
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish juova

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuovastripe, streak; scan line, line; Present active...
2Finnishjuodato drink
3Proto-Finnicjoodakto drink
4Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?

via Finnish mungo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmungomongoose
2GermanMungoEither of two species of mongoose in the genus Urva
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →