Where does “mustaselkäsaki” come from?

mustaselkäsaki (Finnish) comes from Finnish selkä, from Proto-Finnic selkä, from Proto-Finno-Permic śelkä.

mustaselkäsaki (Finnish): white-footed saki, buffy saki, Pithecia albicans

Definitions

  1. white-footed saki, buffy saki, Pithecia albicans

Ancestry of “mustaselkäsaki”, step by step

mustaselkäsaki traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish selkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselkäback; ridge, spine; watershed area
2Proto-Finnicselkäback; ridge
3Proto-Finno-Permicśelkä—

via Finnish musta

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

via Finnish saki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsakisaki monkey
2Frenchsakisaki monkey
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic śelkä →Every word from Proto-Finnic selkä →Every word from Finnish selkä →
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