Where does “lyhythäntämungo” come from?

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

lyhythäntämungo (Finnish): short-tailed mongoose, Herpestes brachyurus

Definitions

  1. short-tailed mongoose, Herpestes brachyurus

Ancestry of “lyhythäntämungo”, step by step

lyhythäntämungo 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 lyhyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlyhytshort
2Proto-Finniclühütshort

via Finnish mungo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmungomongoose
2GermanMungoEither of two species of mongoose in the genus Urva
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