Where does “puuma” come from?

puuma (Finnish) comes from German Puma, from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma — puma; cougar; mountain lion.

puuma (Finnish): mountain lion, puma, cougar, Puma concolor large cat

Definitions

  1. mountain lion, puma, cougar, Puma concolor large cat

Ancestry of “puuma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPumacougar
2Spanishpumacougar, mountain lion, puma
3Quechuapumapuma; cougar; mountain lion
Every word from Quechua puma
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