Where does “karvajalkahankko” come from?

karvajalkahankko (Finnish) comes from Finnish karva, from Proto-Finnic karva, from Proto-Finnic kawra.

karvajalkahankko (Finnish): yellow-shouldered bat bat of the genus Sturnira

Definitions

  1. yellow-shouldered bat bat of the genus Sturnira

Ancestry of “karvajalkahankko”, step by step

karvajalkahankko traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarvahair; fur; colors, stripes
2Proto-Finnickarvahair; color
3Proto-Finnickawra—

via Finnish jalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
2Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka—

via Finnish hankko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhankkobat of the subfamily Stenodermatinae

Words derived from “karvajalkahankko”

Every word from Proto-Finnic kawra →Every word from Proto-Finnic karva →Every word from Finnish karva →