Where does “naamiotiti” come from?

naamiotiti (Finnish) comes from Finnish naamio, from Finnish naama, from Proto-Samic nāmē — velvet on reindeer antlers.

naamiotiti (Finnish): masked titi Callicebus personatus

Definitions

  1. masked titi Callicebus personatus

Ancestry of “naamiotiti”, step by step

naamiotiti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish naamio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaamiomask
2Finnishnaamaface; face, mouth
3Proto-Samicnāmēvelvet on reindeer antlers

via Finnish titi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiti—
Every word from Proto-Samic nāmē →Every word from Finnish naama →Every word from Finnish naamio →