Where does “тэлькоӵыш” come from?

тэлькоӵыш (Udmurt) comes from Udmurt тэль — forest, woods.

тэлькоӵыш (Udmurt): lynx, Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)

Definitions

  1. lynx, Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)

Ancestry of “тэлькоӵыш”, step by step

тэлькоӵыш traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Udmurt тэль

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Udmurtтэльforest, woods

via Udmurt коӵыш

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Udmurtкоӵышcat, tomcat
Every word from Udmurt тэль