Where does “marakattiapina” come from?

marakattiapina (Finnish) comes from Finnish apina, from Old Swedish apina.

marakattiapina (Finnish): cercopithecine monkey of the subfamily Cercopithenicae

Definitions

  1. cercopithecine monkey of the subfamily Cercopithenicae

Ancestry of “marakattiapina”, step by step

marakattiapina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish apina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishapinamonkey; ape
2Old Swedishapina—

via Finnish marakatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmarakattiguenon
2Swedishmarkattaa guenon (Old World monkey of the genus Cercopithecus)
Every word from Old Swedish apina →