Where does “tummamuntjakki” come from?

tummamuntjakki (Finnish) comes from Finnish muntjakki, from Dutch muntjak, from Sundanese ᮙᮨᮔ᮪ᮎᮨᮊ᮪ — small deer.

tummamuntjakki (Finnish): black muntjac, Muntiacus crinifrons

Definitions

  1. black muntjac, Muntiacus crinifrons

Ancestry of “tummamuntjakki”, step by step

tummamuntjakki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muntjakki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuntjakkimuntjac small deer of the genus
2Dutchmuntjakmuntjac, deer of the genus "Muntiacus"
3Sundaneseᮙᮨᮔ᮪ᮎᮨᮊ᮪small deer

via Finnish tumma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtummadark; dark-haired; Romani, Rom
Every word from Sundanese ᮙᮨᮔ᮪ᮎᮨᮊ᮪ →Every word from Dutch muntjak →Every word from Finnish muntjakki →