Where does “kissamaki” come from?

kissamaki (Finnish) comes from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

kissamaki (Finnish): ring-tailed lemur

Definitions

  1. ring-tailed lemur

Ancestry of “kissamaki”, step by step

kissamaki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Mäki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishMäkiAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish kissa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkissacat; cat, chick, fox
2Swedishkissecat, kitty
3Swedishkisspee, wee, tinkle, urine
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish Mäki →