Where does “kiinanbambumyllikäs” come from?

kiinanbambumyllikäs (Finnish) comes from Finnish bambumyllikäs, from Finnish bambu, from English bamboo, from Dutch bamboe, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Tamil வேம்பு, from Kannada ಬಂಬು — neem tree.

kiinanbambumyllikäs (Finnish): Chinese bamboo rat, Rhizomys sinensis

Definitions

  1. Chinese bamboo rat, Rhizomys sinensis

Ancestry of “kiinanbambumyllikäs”, step by step

kiinanbambumyllikäs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish bambumyllikäs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbambumyllikäsbamboo rat
2Finnishbambubamboo
3EnglishbambooA fast-growing grass of the Poaceae family,...
4Dutchbamboebamboo
5Portuguesebambubamboo
6Malaybambubamboo
7Tamilவேம்புbitterness (of taste)
8Kannadaಬಂಬುbamboo
9Proto-Dravidian*wēmpuneem tree

via Finnish Kiina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKiinaChina; of China; Chinese
2SwedishKinaChina
3Chinese秦—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu →Every word from Kannada ಬಂಬು →Every word from Tamil வேம்பு →