Where does “meksikonpitkäräpylä” come from?

meksikonpitkäräpylä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pitkä, from Proto-Finnic pitkä, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

meksikonpitkäräpylä (Finnish): Mexican funnel-eared bat, Natalus stramineus

Definitions

  1. Mexican funnel-eared bat, Natalus stramineus

Ancestry of “meksikonpitkäräpylä”, step by step

meksikonpitkäräpylä traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pitkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitkälong; tall; Short for pitkä kiekko
2Proto-Finnicpitkälong; tall
3Proto-Uralicpidetall
4Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
5Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
6Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

via Finnish Meksiko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishMeksiko—
2EnglishMexiconow submerged under Lake Tawakoni
3SpanishMéxicoMexico
4Classical NahuatlMēxihcoMexico

via Finnish räpylä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishräpyläwebfoot; swim fin; baseball mitt
2Finnishräpyttääto blink (eyes, repeatedly)
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä- →