Where does “skinkki” come from?

skinkki (Finnish) comes from French scinque, from Latin scincos, from Ancient Greek σκίγκος, from Ancient Greek σκίγγος — skink, a kind of lizard.

Ancestry of “skinkki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchscinqueskink
2LatinscincosA kind of lizard, a skink
3Ancient Greekσκίγκος—
4Ancient Greekσκίγγοςskink, a kind of lizard
Every word from Ancient Greek σκίγγος →Every word from Ancient Greek σκίγκος →Every word from Latin scincos →