Where does “kärsägaselli” come from?

kärsägaselli (Finnish) comes from Finnish gaselli, from French gazelle, from Spanish gacela, from Spanish gacel, from Arabic غَزَال.

kärsägaselli (Finnish): Speke's gazelle, Gazella spekei

Definitions

  1. Speke's gazelle, Gazella spekei

Ancestry of “kärsägaselli”, step by step

kärsägaselli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish gaselli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishgaselligazelle
2Frenchgazellegazelle
3Spanishgacelagazelle
4Spanishgacelmale gazelle
5Arabicغَزَال—

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
Every word from Arabic غَزَال →Every word from Spanish gacel →Every word from Spanish gacela →