Where does “mustalenkko” come from?

mustalenkko (Finnish) comes from Finnish lenkko, from Finnish lentävä koira, from Finnish koira, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

mustalenkko (Finnish): black flying fox, Pteropus alecto

Definitions

  1. black flying fox, Pteropus alecto

Ancestry of “mustalenkko”, step by step

mustalenkko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lenkko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlenkkoflying fox large Australasian bat of the genus
2Finnishlentävä koiraflying fox
3Finnishkoiradog; dog paddle; military police
4Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
5Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
6Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
7Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish musta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
2Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc