Where does “neotropiikinsaukko” come from?

neotropiikinsaukko (Finnish) comes from Finnish saukko, from Proto-Finnic sagukkoi, from Proto-Finnic sagarva — otter.

neotropiikinsaukko (Finnish): neotropical river otter, neotropical otter

Definitions

  1. neotropical river otter, neotropical otter

Ancestry of “neotropiikinsaukko”, step by step

neotropiikinsaukko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish saukko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsaukkoEuropean otter, "Lutra lutra"; otter; Old World...
2Proto-Finnicsagukkoi—
3Proto-Finnicsagarvaotter

via Finnish tropiikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtropiikkitropics
Every word from Proto-Finnic sagarva →Every word from Proto-Finnic sagukkoi →Every word from Finnish saukko →