Where does “pitkähäntä” come from?

pitkähäntä (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian häntä, from Proto-Finnic häntä, from Proto-Uralic čänčä.

pitkähäntä (Ingrian): long-tailed

Definitions

  1. long-tailed

Ancestry of “pitkähäntä”, step by step

pitkähäntä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian häntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianhäntätail
2Proto-Finnichäntätail
3Proto-Uralicčänčä

via Ingrian pitkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpitkälong
Every word from Proto-Uralic čänčäEvery word from Proto-Finnic häntäEvery word from Ingrian häntä
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