Where does “mesitangara” come from?

mesitangara (Finnish) comes from Finnish tangara, from Portuguese tangara, from Old Tupi tangara, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *taŋara — manakin.

mesitangara (Finnish): honeycreeper, a bird of the genus Cyanerpes

Definitions

  1. honeycreeper, a bird of the genus Cyanerpes

Ancestry of “mesitangara”, step by step

mesitangara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tangara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtangaratanager bird of the family Thraupidae
2Portuguesetangaramanakin
3Old Tupitangaramanakin
4Proto-Tupi-Guarani*taŋaramanakin

via Finnish meši

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmešinectar sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *taŋara →Every word from Old Tupi tangara →Every word from Portuguese tangara →