Where does “pampakettu” come from?

pampakettu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kettu, from Finnish kettää, from Finnish kesi, from Proto-Finnic keci, from Proto-Uralic keδ́e.

pampakettu (Finnish): pampas fox, "Lycalopex gymnacercus"

Definitions

  1. pampas fox, "Lycalopex gymnacercus"

Ancestry of “pampakettu”, step by step

pampakettu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kettu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkettured fox; fox; Euphemistic form of vittu
2Finnishkettää—
3FinnishkesiThe thin outer layer of skin; Third-person...
4Proto-Finnickeciouter skin
5Proto-Uralickeδ́e—

via Finnish pampa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpampapampa
2Spanishpampapampas
3Quechuapampaflat; plain; land, floor, ground
Every word from Proto-Uralic keδ́e →Every word from Proto-Finnic keci →Every word from Finnish kesi →
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