Where does “mustatäpläkettu” come from?

mustatäpläkettu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kettu, from Finnish kettää, from Finnish kesi, from Proto-Finnic keci, from Proto-Uralic keδ́e.

mustatäpläkettu (Finnish): Blanford's fox, Vulpes cana small fox found in certain regions of the Middle East

Definitions

  1. Blanford's fox, Vulpes cana small fox found in certain regions of the Middle East

Ancestry of “mustatäpläkettu”, step by step

mustatäpläkettu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kettu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkettured fox; fox; Euphemistic form of vittu
2Finnishkettää
3FinnishkesiThe thin outer layer of skin; Third-person...
4Proto-Finnickeciouter skin
5Proto-Uralickeδ́e

via Finnish musta

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

via Finnish täplä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtäpläspot, speck; pad
Every word from Proto-Uralic keδ́eEvery word from Proto-Finnic keciEvery word from Finnish kesi