Where does “mustafrankoliini” come from?

mustafrankoliini (Finnish) comes from Finnish frankoliini, from German Frankolin, from French francolin, from Italian francolino — francolin.

mustafrankoliini (Finnish): black francolin, Francolinus francolinus galliform bird native to Middle East

Definitions

  1. black francolin, Francolinus francolinus galliform bird native to Middle East

Ancestry of “mustafrankoliini”, step by step

mustafrankoliini traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish frankoliini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishfrankoliinifrancolin any of various terrestrial partridges originally classified in the genus
2GermanFrankolinfrancolin
3Frenchfrancolinfrancolin
4Italianfrancolinofrancolin

via Finnish musta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
2Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
Every word from Italian francolino →Every word from French francolin →Every word from German Frankolin →