Where does “malaijienhännäkkö” come from?

malaijienhännäkkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish Malaija, from English Malaya, from English Malay, from Malay Melayu, from Malay Malayu, from Old Javanese layū, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi lariw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian laʀiw.

malaijienhännäkkö (Finnish): Malayan free-tailed bat, Mops mops

Definitions

  1. Malayan free-tailed bat, Mops mops

Ancestry of “malaijienhännäkkö”, step by step

malaijienhännäkkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Malaija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishMalaijaMalaya
2EnglishMalaya—
3EnglishMalayOf or relating to the Malays, a people living in...
4MalayMelayuMalay
5MalayMalayu—
6Old Javaneselayūto run
7Proto-Sunda-Sulawesilariw—
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlaʀiw—
9Proto-Austronesianlaʀiw—

via Finnish hännäkkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhännäkköfree-tailed bat bat of the family
2Finnishhäntäa narrow tail; ogonek; Partitive form of hän
3Proto-Finnichäntätail
4Proto-Uralicčänčä—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian laʀiw →