Where does “ylänkömangabi” come from?

ylänkömangabi (Finnish) comes from Finnish ylänkö, from Finnish ylä-, from Finnish alhaalla, from Finnish ala-, from Proto-Finnic ala, from Proto-Uralic ëla — below.

ylänkömangabi (Finnish): kipunji, highland mangabey, Rungwecebus kipunji

Definitions

  1. kipunji, highland mangabey, Rungwecebus kipunji

Ancestry of “ylänkömangabi”, step by step

ylänkömangabi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ylänkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishylänköhighlands
2Finnishylä-upper; superior, high, higher
3Finnishalhaalladown below, below; down (here/there)
4Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
5Proto-Finnicalalower; under
6Proto-Uralicëlabelow

via Finnish mangabi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmangabimangabey Old World monkey of the genera
2EnglishmangabeyAny of several large, arboreal monkeys of the...
3EnglishMangaby
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëlaEvery word from Finnish ala-Every word from Proto-Finnic ala