Chinchillas are named after the Chincha people of Peru who used to keep them as pets and livestock. Unfortunately all the Chincha people were exterminated by the Spanish and smallpox. But chinchillas and their name origin still remain.
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>>219851351Huskies were named after the husky children of Alaska, who used to gawk at them from their school window. Unfortunately all the husky children were exterminated by big pharma and seed oils. But Huskies and their name origin still remain.
>>219851351Cool>>219851634Not the true story
>>219851351glad we didn't exterminate these litle guys too. what a cute rodent <3
>>219851351looks fat and stupid
>>219854653fuck you
>>219851351No Chinchilla= little chincha(y)Chinchay= cat, like the andean cat or its cousin the pampas cat
>Europeans will see this and "I should skin a couple hundred of these things alive and make a coat>>219851422Their fur is so dense that they drown if it gets wet
>>219856951It gets very cold in those Andes mountains. Mexicans used to eat chihuahuas too. Apparently their meat is quite nice.
>>219856789-illa is also used in Quechua as an appreciative more than a diminutive, while in Spanish I would say it is mainly a diminutive with some appreciative properties depending on the context (-ita is used for the same reason s but its more common). It was actually developed independently and appears in early Quechua translations as well as in many toponyms (https://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/lexis/article/view/8446/8782), so in either case it ends up meaning more or less the same.
