Where does “lehtihäntägekko” come from?

lehtihäntägekko (Finnish) comes from Finnish häntä, from Proto-Finnic häntä, from Proto-Uralic čänčä.

lehtihäntägekko (Finnish): satanic leaf-tailed gecko, eyelash leaf-tailed gecko, phantastic leaf-tailed gecko,Uroplatus phantasticus brightly coloured gecko endemic to Madagascar the tail of which resembles a leaf

Definitions

  1. satanic leaf-tailed gecko, eyelash leaf-tailed gecko, phantastic leaf-tailed gecko,Uroplatus phantasticus brightly coloured gecko endemic to Madagascar the tail of which resembles a leaf

Ancestry of “lehtihäntägekko”, step by step

lehtihäntägekko traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish häntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhäntäa narrow tail; ogonek; Partitive form of hän
2Proto-Finnichäntätail
3Proto-Uralicčänčä

via Finnish gekko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishgekkogecko
2DutchgekkoA gecko, legged lizard of the family Gekkonidae...

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti
Every word from Proto-Uralic čänčä