Where does “vuoripuukenguru” come from?

vuoripuukenguru (Finnish) comes from Finnish Vuori, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

vuoripuukenguru (Finnish): tenkile, Scott's tree kangaroo, Dendrolagus scottae

Definitions

  1. tenkile, Scott's tree kangaroo, Dendrolagus scottae

Ancestry of “vuoripuukenguru”, step by step

vuoripuukenguru traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Vuori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVuorimountain large mass of earth and rock
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish puukenguru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuukengurutree kangaroo
2Finnishpuutree; wood
3Proto-Finnicpuutree
4Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish Vuori →
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