Where does “kaniinikenguru” come from?

kaniinikenguru (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaniini, from Swedish kanin, from Middle Low German kanīn, from Middle Dutch connijn, from Old French connin, from Latin cunīculus — a rabbit.

kaniinikenguru (Finnish): bettong marsupial in the genus

Definitions

  1. bettong marsupial in the genus

Ancestry of “kaniinikenguru”, step by step

kaniinikenguru traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaniini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkaniiniA rabbit; European rabbit, "Oryctolagus...
2Swedishkanina rabbit
3Middle Low Germankanīn—
4Middle Dutchconnijn—
5Old Frenchconnin—
6Latincunīculusa rabbit

via Finnish kenguru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkengurukangaroo
2EnglishkangarooA member of the Macropodidae family of large...
3Guugu Yimidhirrgangurrularge grey or black kangaroo

Words derived from “kaniinikenguru”

Every word from Latin cunīculus →