Where does “kippurahäntäinen” come from?

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

kippurahäntäinen (Finnish): curly-tailed

Definitions

  1. curly-tailed

Ancestry of “kippurahäntäinen”, step by step

kippurahäntäinen 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 →