Where does “kamtšatkanmurmeli” come from?

kamtšatkanmurmeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish murmeli, from Swedish murmel, from German Murmel, from German murmeln, from Proto-Indo-European mur- — to mutter.

kamtšatkanmurmeli (Finnish): black-capped marmot, Marmota camtschatica

Definitions

  1. black-capped marmot, Marmota camtschatica

Ancestry of “kamtšatkanmurmeli”, step by step

kamtšatkanmurmeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish murmeli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmurmeliA marmot
2Swedishmurmel
3GermanMurmelmarble small glass ball
4Germanmurmelnto mumble, to murmur
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmur-to mutter

via Finnish Kamtšatka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKamtšatka
2RussianКамча́тка
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mur-Every word from German murmelnEvery word from German Murmel
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