Where does “madagaskarintupsukas” come from?

madagaskarintupsukas (Finnish) comes from Finnish tupsu, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

madagaskarintupsukas (Finnish): tufted-tailed rat, Pseudohydromys occidentalis

Definitions

  1. tufted-tailed rat, Pseudohydromys occidentalis

Ancestry of “madagaskarintupsukas”, step by step

madagaskarintupsukas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tupsu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtupsutuft; bobble, pompom; tussle
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish Madagaskar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishMadagaskar—
2FrenchMadagascar—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →
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