Where does “bloodfin” come from?
Bloodfin comes from English blood and Yiddish פֿינף, tracing through Old English blōd and Latin finis to Proto-Indo-European roots bʰleh₃- and bʰel-.
bloodfin (English): Aphyocharax anisitsi, a South American characin...
Definitions
- Aphyocharax anisitsi, a South American characin...
Ancestry of “bloodfin”, step by step
bloodfin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fin | One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel... |
| 2 | English | finasteride | A medication used to treat male pattern baldness and benign prostatic hyperplasia in males |
| 3 | English | -steride | Used to form names of [[w:5α-reductase |
| 4 | English | -ide | Any of a group of related compounds - azide,... |
| 5 | Middle French | -ide | id (dynast) |
| 6 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via English Blood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Blood | A member of the Los Angeles gang The Bloods |
| 2 | Middle English | blood | blood |
| 3 | Old English | blōd | blood |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | blōd | blood |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | blōþą | blood |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |