Where does “pörröhäntäinen” come from?

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

pörröhäntäinen (Finnish): fuzzy-tailed

Definitions

  1. fuzzy-tailed

Ancestry of “pörröhäntäinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpörröhäntäbushy tail, such as that of a squirrel
2Finnishhäntäa narrow tail; ogonek; Partitive form of hän
3Proto-Finnichäntätail
4Proto-Uralicčänčä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic čänčä →Every word from Proto-Finnic häntä →Every word from Finnish häntä →