Where does “pörröhäntä” come from?

pörröhäntä (Finnish) comes from Finnish häntä, from Proto-Finnic häntä, from Proto-Uralic čänčä.

pörröhäntä (Finnish): bushy tail, such as that of a squirrel

Definitions

  1. bushy tail, such as that of a squirrel

Ancestry of “pörröhäntä”, step by step

pörröhäntä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish häntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhäntäa narrow tail; ogonek; Partitive form of hän
2Proto-Finnichäntätail
3Proto-Uralicčänčä—

via Finnish pörröllä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpörrölläfluffy, puffed up

Words derived from “pörröhäntä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic čänčä →Every word from Proto-Finnic häntä →Every word from Finnish häntä →
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