Where does “pikkutupaija” come from?

pikkutupaija (Finnish) comes from Finnish tupaija, from taxonomic name Tupaia, from Malay tupai, from Quechua tupay — meeting, encounter; fight, conflict; sparring.

pikkutupaija (Finnish): pygmy tree shrew, Tupaia minor

Definitions

  1. pygmy tree shrew, Tupaia minor

Ancestry of “pikkutupaija”, step by step

pikkutupaija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tupaija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtupaijatree shrew
2taxonomic nameTupaia—
3Malaytupaisquirrel; tree shrew
4Quechuatupaymeeting, encounter; fight, conflict; sparring

via Finnish pikku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpikkulittle, small; little old
2Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine
Every word from Quechua tupay →