Where does “kivitamaani” come from?

kivitamaani (Finnish) comes from Finnish tamaani, from French daman, from Arabic [[دَمَان]] ([[إِسْرَائِيل]]).

Ancestry of “kivitamaani”, step by step

kivitamaani traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tamaani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtamaanihyrax
2Frenchdamanhyrax
3Arabic[[دَمَان]] ([[إِسْرَائِيل]])

via Finnish kivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkivistone; a piece of stone which is larger than a...
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
Every word from Arabic [[دَمَان]] ([[إِسْرَائِيل]])Every word from French damanEvery word from Finnish tamaani