Where does “rasvahäntäjerbo” come from?

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

rasvahäntäjerbo (Finnish): fat-tailed jerboa jerboa of the genus

Definitions

  1. fat-tailed jerboa jerboa of the genus

Ancestry of “rasvahäntäjerbo”, step by step

rasvahäntäjerbo 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 jerbo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjerbojerboa
2EnglishjerboaAny of a number of species comprising most of the...
3Arabicجَرْبُوع—

via Finnish rasva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrasvafat; grease; ointment
2Proto-Finnicrasvafat
Every word from Proto-Uralic čänčä →Every word from Proto-Finnic häntä →Every word from Finnish häntä →