Where does “kongonkusimanse” come from?

kongonkusimanse (Finnish) comes from Finnish Kongo, from French Congo — Congo.

kongonkusimanse (Finnish): Alexander's kusimanse, Crossarchus alexandri species of mongoose native to Central African rainforests

Definitions

  1. Alexander's kusimanse, Crossarchus alexandri species of mongoose native to Central African rainforests

Ancestry of “kongonkusimanse”, step by step

kongonkusimanse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Kongo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKongo—
2FrenchCongoCongo

via Finnish kusimanse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkusimansekusimanse, cusimanse mongoose of the genus
2EnglishcusimanseAny of several species of dwarf mongoose or small mongoose in the genus Crossarchus, native to West Africa
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