Where does “kippurahäntä” come from?

kippurahäntä (Finnish) comes from Finnish häntä, from Proto-Finnic häntä, from Proto-Uralic čänčä.

kippurahäntä (Finnish): ringtail, ring-tailed animal

Definitions

  1. ringtail, ring-tailed animal

Ancestry of “kippurahäntä”, step by step

kippurahäntä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish häntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhäntäa narrow tail; ogonek; Partitive form of hän
2Proto-Finnichäntätail
3Proto-Uralicčänčä—

via Finnish kippura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkippurasomething that is curly or coily
Every word from Proto-Uralic čänčä →Every word from Proto-Finnic häntä →Every word from Finnish häntä →