Where does “mustatinami” come from?

mustatinami (Finnish) comes from Finnish tinami, from French tinamou, from Galibi Carib tinamu.

mustatinami (Finnish): black tinamou, Tinamus osgoodi

Definitions

  1. black tinamou, Tinamus osgoodi

Ancestry of “mustatinami”, step by step

mustatinami traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tinami

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtinamitinamou bird of the family
2Frenchtinamoutinamou bird
3Galibi Caribtinamu—

via Finnish musta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
2Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
Every word from Galibi Carib tinamu →Every word from French tinamou →Every word from Finnish tinami →