Where does “srilankanmusanki” come from?

srilankanmusanki (Finnish) comes from Finnish Sri Lanka, from Sinhalese ශ්‍රී ලංකා, from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का.

srilankanmusanki (Finnish): golden palm civet, Paradoxurus zeylonensis

Definitions

  1. golden palm civet, Paradoxurus zeylonensis

Ancestry of “srilankanmusanki”, step by step

srilankanmusanki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Sri Lanka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSri Lanka—
2Sinhaleseශ්‍රී ලංකා—
3Sanskritश्री लङ्का—

via Finnish musanki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmusankiany palm civet of the genus Paradoxurus
2Malaymusangcivet; fox
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*musaŋ—
Every word from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का →Every word from Sinhalese ශ්‍රී ලංකා →Every word from Finnish Sri Lanka →