Where does “mustajalkahilleri” come from?

mustajalkahilleri (Finnish) comes from Finnish jalka, from Proto-Finnic jalka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric jalka.

mustajalkahilleri (Finnish): black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes

Definitions

  1. black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes

Ancestry of “mustajalkahilleri”, step by step

mustajalkahilleri traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
2Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka—

via Finnish musta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
2Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa

via Finnish hilleri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhilleripolecat
2Swedishillerpolecat, "Mustela putorius"; ferret, "Mustela...
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