Where does “pohjantamandua” come from?

pohjantamandua (Finnish) comes from Finnish pohja, from Proto-Finnic pohja, from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja.

pohjantamandua (Finnish): northern tamandua

Definitions

  1. northern tamandua

Ancestry of “pohjantamandua”, step by step

pohjantamandua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pohja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjabottom; bed; fundament
2Proto-Finnicpohjabottom; base, foundation; north
3Proto-Finno-Permicpošja—

via Finnish tamandua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtamandua—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja →Every word from Proto-Finnic pohja →Every word from Finnish pohja →