Where does “kärsädiki” come from?

kärsädiki (Finnish) comes from Finnish kärsä, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

kärsädiki (Finnish): Günther's dik-dik, "Madoqua guentheri"

Definitions

  1. Günther's dik-dik, "Madoqua guentheri"

Ancestry of “kärsädiki”, step by step

kärsädiki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kärsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkärsätrunk, proboscis; snout; proboscis
2Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
3Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
4Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish diki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishdikidik-dik
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -mö →