Where does “keltahekko” come from?

keltahekko (Finnish) comes from Finnish hekko, from Finnish hedelmälepakko, from Finnish hedelmä, from Proto-Finnic heidelmä.

keltahekko (Finnish): straw-coloured fruit bat, Eidolon helvum an African fruit bat

Definitions

  1. straw-coloured fruit bat, Eidolon helvum an African fruit bat

Ancestry of “keltahekko”, step by step

keltahekko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hekko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhekkofruit bat bat of the family Pteropodidae
2Finnishhedelmälepakkofruit bat
3Finnishhedelmäfruit
4Proto-Finnicheidelmä—

via Finnish kelta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeltayellow
2Proto-Finnickeltayellow; species of club moss used for dyeing...
3Proto-Balticgilˀtos—
Every word from Proto-Finnic heidelmä →Every word from Finnish hedelmä →Every word from Finnish hedelmälepakko →