Where does “lyhythäntätanrekki” come from?

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

lyhythäntätanrekki (Finnish): short-tailed shrew tenrec (Microgale brevicaudata)

Definitions

  1. short-tailed shrew tenrec (Microgale brevicaudata)

Ancestry of “lyhythäntätanrekki”, step by step

lyhythäntätanrekki 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 tanrekki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtanrekkitenrec
2Frenchtanrectenrec
3Malagasytàndraka—

via Finnish lyhyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlyhytshort
2Proto-Finniclühütshort
Every word from Proto-Uralic čänčä →Every word from Proto-Finnic häntä →Every word from Finnish häntä →
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