Etymology Explorer › Finnish

Where does “vaippasakaali” come from?

vaippasakaali (Finnish) comes from Finnish sakaali, from Swedish schakal, from German Schakal, from French chacal, from Turkish çakal, from Ottoman Turkish چقال, from Persian شغال, from Persian شگال.

vaippasakaali (Finnish): The black-backed jackal

Definitions

  1. The black-backed jackal

Ancestry of “vaippasakaali”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsakaalijackal; golden jackal
2Swedishschakal—
3GermanSchakaljackal
4Frenchchacaljackal
5Turkishçakaljackal; an opportunistic, wily, sneaky and...
6Ottoman Turkishچقالjackal
7Persianشغالjackal
8Persianشگال—
9Pahlavi𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮—
10Sanskritसृगालjackal; a particular tree; name of a Vāsudeva
11Proto-Indo-European*śr̥gālás—
12Proto-Indo-Iranianćárgušpredatory animal
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱérg-ús ~ ḱr̥g-éws—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱérg-ús ~ ḱr̥g-éws →