Where does “musanki” come from?

musanki (Finnish) comes from Malay musang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *musaŋ.

musanki (Finnish): any palm civet of the genus Paradoxurus

Definitions

  1. any palm civet of the genus Paradoxurus

Ancestry of “musanki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaymusangcivet; fox
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*musaŋ—

Words derived from “musanki”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *musaŋ →Every word from Malay musang →