Where does “juovatupaija” come from?

juovatupaija (Finnish) comes from Finnish tupaija, from taxonomic name Tupaia, from Malay tupai, from Quechua tupay — meeting, encounter; fight, conflict; sparring.

juovatupaija (Finnish): striped tree shrew, Tupaia dorsalis

Definitions

  1. striped tree shrew, Tupaia dorsalis

Ancestry of “juovatupaija”, step by step

juovatupaija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tupaija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtupaijatree shrew
2taxonomic nameTupaia—
3Malaytupaisquirrel; tree shrew
4Quechuatupaymeeting, encounter; fight, conflict; sparring

via Finnish juova

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuovastripe, streak; scan line, line; Present active...
2Finnishjuodato drink
3Proto-Finnicjoodakto drink
4Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?
Every word from Quechua tupay →Every word from Malay tupai →Every word from taxonomic name Tupaia →