Where does “aasianjokipääsky” come from?
aasianjokipääsky (Finnish) comes from Finnish Aasia, from Latin Āsia, from Ancient Greek Ἀσία, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊, from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 — northwest Anatolia.
aasianjokipääsky (Finnish): white-eyed river martin, Pseudochelidon sirintarae, Eurochelidon sirintarae
Definitions
- white-eyed river martin, Pseudochelidon sirintarae, Eurochelidon sirintarae
Ancestry of “aasianjokipääsky”, step by step
aasianjokipääsky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Aasia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Aasia | of Asia; Asia; Asian |
| 2 | Latin | Āsia | A kind of rye |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ἀσία | Asia Minor; Asia; Asia |
| 4 | Mycenaean Greek | 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 | an ethnonym for a Lydian; an epithet of the... |
| 5 | Hittite | 𒀸𒋗𒉿 | northwest Anatolia |
via Finnish jokipääsky
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jokipääsky | river martin bird in the genus |
| 2 | Finnish | joki | river |
| 3 | Finnish | sokeus | blindness |
| 4 | Finnish | sokea | blind |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | sokeda | blind |