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

punahäntämarakatti traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish häntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhäntäa narrow tail; ogonek; Partitive form of hän
2Proto-Finnichäntätail
3Proto-Uralicčänčä—

via Finnish puna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpunaThe color red
2Proto-Finnicpunared
3Proto-Finno-Ugricpunacolor, hair

via Finnish marakatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmarakattiguenon
2Swedishmarkattaa guenon (Old World monkey of the genus Cercopithecus)
Every word from Proto-Uralic čänčä →Every word from Proto-Finnic häntä →Every word from Finnish häntä →