Where does “kärsäskunkki” come from?

kärsäskunkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish skunkki, from English skunk, from Abenaki segôgw, from Proto-Algonquian šeka·kwa, from Proto-Algonquian šek- — to urinate.

kärsäskunkki (Finnish): hog-nosed skunk skunk of the genus

Definitions

  1. hog-nosed skunk skunk of the genus

Ancestry of “kärsäskunkki”, step by step

kärsäskunkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish skunkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishskunkkiskunk
2EnglishskunkAny of various small mammals, of the family...
3Abenakisegôgwskunk
4Proto-Algonquianšeka·kwaskunk
5Proto-Algonquianšek-to urinate

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 Proto-Algonquian šek- →Every word from Proto-Algonquian šeka·kwa →Every word from Abenaki segôgw →