Where does “Afrikka” come from?
Afrikka (Finnish) comes from Russian А́фрика, from Latin Āfrica, from Latin āfricus, from Latin Āfri, from Albanian afër, from Proto-Albanian apsera, from Proto-Albanian aps, from Latin Apis — the god Apis.
Afrikka (Finnish): Africa
Definitions
- Africa
Ancestry of “Afrikka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | А́фрика | — |
| 2 | Latin | Āfrica | the territory of Carthage, the African coast west of Cyrenaica |
| 3 | Latin | āfricus | African |
| 4 | Latin | Āfri | — |
| 5 | Albanian | afër | at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to |
| 6 | Proto-Albanian | apsera | at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to |
| 7 | Proto-Albanian | aps | — |
| 8 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 10 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 11 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |
Words derived from “Afrikka”
- afrikaniibishaikara
- afrikankeisarikalastaja
- afrikanpelikaani
- afrikanvilliaasi
- afrikankäärmekaula
- afrikansuopöllö
- afrikanniittyrotta
- Keski-Afrikka
- afrikansaksinokka
- afrikanrakonokka
- afrikanpalmukiitäjä
- afrikanpurorotta
- afrikanpiikkisika
- afrikkalainen
- afrikanlinsanki
- afrikanpingviini
- afrikankielilepakko
- afrikanmanaatti
- afrikanmetsärotta
- Etelä-Afrikka
- afrikanhanhi
- afrikankääpiöhaukka
- afrikankukaali
- afrikansuorotta