Where does “pitkähäntämuurahaiskäpy” come from?

pitkähäntämuurahaiskäpy (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-.

pitkähäntämuurahaiskäpy (Finnish): long-tailed pangolin, Manis tetradactyla

Definitions

  1. long-tailed pangolin, Manis tetradactyla

Ancestry of “pitkähäntämuurahaiskäpy”, step by step

pitkähäntämuurahaiskäpy 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 muurahaiskäpy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmuurahaiskäpyAny of several species of pangolin, or scaly...
2Finnishmuurahainenant; The family Formicidae
3Proto-Germanicmiurijǭant
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmowro-

via Finnish häntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhäntäa narrow tail; ogonek; Partitive form of hän
2Proto-Finnichäntätail
3Proto-Uralicčänčä
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäkEvery word from Finnish pitää