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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tamaani | hyrax |
| 2 | French | daman | hyrax |
| 3 | Arabic | [[دَمَان]] ([[إِسْرَائِيل]]) | — |