Where does “ugandankobi” come from?

ugandankobi (Finnish) comes from Finnish Uganda, from Swahili Uganda, from Luganda Buganda — land of the Ganda.

ugandankobi (Finnish): Ugandan kob, Kobus kob thomasi subspecies of kob antelope

Definitions

  1. Ugandan kob, Kobus kob thomasi subspecies of kob antelope

Ancestry of “ugandankobi”, step by step

ugandankobi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Uganda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishUganda—
2SwahiliUganda{{w|Buganda}}, subnational kingdom
3LugandaBugandaland of the Ganda

via Finnish kobi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkobi—
Every word from Luganda Buganda →Every word from Swahili Uganda →Every word from Finnish Uganda →
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