Where does “pitkähäntähamsteri” come from?

pitkähäntähamsteri (Finnish) comes from Finnish pitkä, from Proto-Finnic pitkä, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

pitkähäntähamsteri (Finnish): greater long-tailed hamster, Tscherskia triton

Definitions

  1. greater long-tailed hamster, Tscherskia triton

Ancestry of “pitkähäntähamsteri”, step by step

pitkähäntähamsteri traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pitkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitkälong; tall; Short for pitkä kiekko
2Proto-Finnicpitkälong; tall
3Proto-Uralicpidetall
4Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
5Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
6Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

via Finnish hamsteri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhamsterihamster, any member of the subfamily Cricetinae
2Germanhamstersingular imperative of hamstern
3Middle High Germanhamsterhamster
4Old High Germanhamustrohamster
5Old East Slavicхомѣсторъhamster
6Proto-Slavic*xoměstorъhamster

via Finnish häntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhäntäa narrow tail; ogonek; Partitive form of hän
2Proto-Finnichäntätail
3Proto-Uralicčänčä—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä- →