Where does “kongonsaukko” come from?

kongonsaukko (Finnish) comes from Finnish saukko, from Proto-Finnic sagukkoi, from Proto-Finnic sagarva — otter.

kongonsaukko (Finnish): Congo clawless otter, Cameroon clawless otter, Aonyx congicus

Definitions

  1. Congo clawless otter, Cameroon clawless otter, Aonyx congicus

Ancestry of “kongonsaukko”, step by step

kongonsaukko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish saukko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsaukkoEuropean otter, "Lutra lutra"; otter; Old World...
2Proto-Finnicsagukkoi—
3Proto-Finnicsagarvaotter

via Finnish Kongo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKongo—
2FrenchCongoCongo
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