Where does “kettukusu” come from?

kettukusu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kettu, from Finnish kettää, from Finnish kesi, from Proto-Finnic keci, from Proto-Uralic keδ́e.

kettukusu (Finnish): brushtail possum, common brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula

Definitions

  1. brushtail possum, common brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula

Ancestry of “kettukusu”, step by step

kettukusu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kettu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkettured fox; fox; Euphemistic form of vittu
2Finnishkettää—
3FinnishkesiThe thin outer layer of skin; Third-person...
4Proto-Finnickeciouter skin
5Proto-Uralickeδ́e—

via Finnish kusu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkusubrushtail possum marsupial of the genus
2GermanKusu—
Every word from Proto-Uralic keδ́e →Every word from Proto-Finnic keci →Every word from Finnish kesi →
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