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Where does “pikkumuurahaiskarhu” come from?

pikkumuurahaiskarhu (Finnish) comes from Finnish muurahaiskarhu, from Finnish Karhu, from Finnish karhu, from Proto-Finnic karhu, from Proto-Finnic karheda — rough, coarse.

pikkumuurahaiskarhu (Finnish): silky anteater, Cyclopes didactylus

Definitions

  1. silky anteater, Cyclopes didactylus

Ancestry of “pikkumuurahaiskarhu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuurahaiskarhuanteater
2FinnishKarhu—
3Finnishkarhubear; brown bear, "Ursus arctos"
4Proto-Finnickarhubear
5Proto-Finnickarhedarough, coarse
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