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Where does “punahäntämarakatti” come from?

punahäntämarakatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish häntä, from Proto-Finnic häntä, from Proto-Uralic čänčä.

punahäntämarakatti (Finnish): red-tailed guenon, "Cercopithecus ascanius"

Definitions

  1. red-tailed guenon, "Cercopithecus ascanius"

Ancestry of “punahäntämarakatti”, step by step

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