Where does “revonhäntä” come from?

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

revonhäntä (Finnish): amaranth plant of the genus

Definitions

  1. amaranth plant of the genus

Ancestry of “revonhäntä”, step by step

revonhäntä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish häntä

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

via Finnish Repo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishRepofox, Vulpes vulpes
2Proto-Finnicrepoifox
3Proto-Finno-Ugricrepä—

Words derived from “revonhäntä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic čänčä →Every word from Proto-Finnic häntä →Every word from Finnish häntä →
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