Where does “lyhytnenämarakatti” come from?

lyhytnenämarakatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish nenä, from Proto-Finnic nenä — nose.

Ancestry of “lyhytnenämarakatti”, step by step

lyhytnenämarakatti traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nenä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnenänose; rhinarium, nose leather
2Proto-Finnicnenänose

via Finnish lyhyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlyhytshort
2Proto-Finniclühütshort

via Finnish marakatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmarakattiguenon
2Swedishmarkattaa guenon (Old World monkey of the genus Cercopithecus)
Every word from Proto-Finnic nenä →