Where does “ruskomaki” come from?

ruskomaki (Finnish) comes from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

ruskomaki (Finnish): brown lemur, Eulemur fulvus

Definitions

  1. brown lemur, Eulemur fulvus

Ancestry of “ruskomaki”, step by step

ruskomaki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Mäki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishMäkiAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish rusko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishruskoThe reddish glow at or near the horizon during...
2Finnishruskeabrown; A brown color
3Proto-Finnicruskedabrown, red
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish Mäki →