Where does “löyhkämäyrä” come from?

löyhkämäyrä (Finnish) comes from Finnish mäyrä, from Proto-Finnic mäkrä — badger.

löyhkämäyrä (Finnish): Palawan stink badger, "Mydaus marchei"

Definitions

  1. Palawan stink badger, "Mydaus marchei"

Ancestry of “löyhkämäyrä”, step by step

löyhkämäyrä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mäyrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmäyräThe Eurasian badger or European badger; Any of...
2Proto-Finnicmäkräbadger

via Finnish löyhkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlöyhkästink, stench, reek
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