Where does “mustajalkakenguru” come from?

mustajalkakenguru (Finnish) comes from Finnish kenguru, from English kangaroo, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru — large grey or black kangaroo.

mustajalkakenguru (Finnish): toolache wallaby, Grey's wallaby, Macropus greyi extinct species of wallaby

Definitions

  1. toolache wallaby, Grey's wallaby, Macropus greyi extinct species of wallaby

Ancestry of “mustajalkakenguru”, step by step

mustajalkakenguru traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kenguru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkengurukangaroo
2EnglishkangarooA member of the Macropodidae family of large...
3Guugu Yimidhirrgangurrularge grey or black kangaroo

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
Every word from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru →Every word from English kangaroo →Every word from Finnish kenguru →