Where does “tupaija” come from?

tupaija (Finnish) comes from taxonomic name Tupaia, from Malay tupai, from Quechua tupay — meeting, encounter; fight, conflict; sparring.

tupaija (Finnish): tree shrew

Definitions

  1. tree shrew

Ancestry of “tupaija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1taxonomic nameTupaia—
2Malaytupaisquirrel; tree shrew
3Quechuatupaymeeting, encounter; fight, conflict; sparring

Words derived from “tupaija”

Every word from Quechua tupay →Every word from Malay tupai →Every word from taxonomic name Tupaia →