Where does “nokitinami” come from?

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

nokitinami (Finnish): Berlepsch's tinamou, Crypturellus berlepschi

Definitions

  1. Berlepsch's tinamou, Crypturellus berlepschi

Ancestry of “nokitinami”, step by step

nokitinami traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tinami

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

via Finnish noki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnokisoot; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Proto-Finnicnokisoot
Every word from Galibi Carib tinamu →Every word from French tinamou →Every word from Finnish tinami →