Where does “ウコヌカㇻ” come from?
ウコヌカㇻ (Ainu) comes from Japanese ウ, from Japanese ウクライナ, from Ukrainian Украї́на, from Old East Slavic Украина, from Russian Украи́на, from Slavic Оукраина, from Old East Slavic краи, from Proto-Slavic krajь — to sift, to separate.
ウコヌカㇻ (Ainu): to look at each other
Definitions
- to look at each other
Ancestry of “ウコヌカㇻ”, step by step
ウコヌカㇻ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese ウ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ウ | 鵜 cormorant, Japanese cormorant |
| 2 | Japanese | ウクライナ | — |
| 3 | Ukrainian | Украї́на | a territory or a land along the border of a country |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | Украина | — |
| 5 | Russian | Украи́на | Ukraine |
| 6 | Slavic | Оукраина | — |
| 7 | Old East Slavic | краи | edge; land, country |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | krajь | edge, end |
| 9 | Proto-Slavic | krojiti | to cut |
| 10 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | krájīˀtei | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kroyh₁-eye-ti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kroyh₁- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kroh₁y- | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kreh₁y- | to sift, to separate |
via Japanese コ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | コ | 子 a boy, a girl, a child; 小 small, little |