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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAasiaof Asia; Asia; Asian
2LatinĀsiaA kind of rye
3Ancient GreekἈσίαAsia Minor; Asia; Asia
4Mycenaean Greek𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊an ethnonym for a Lydian; an epithet of the...
5Hittite𒀸𒋗𒉿northwest Anatolia

via Finnish jokipääsky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjokipääskyriver martin bird in the genus
2Finnishjokiriver
3Finnishsokeusblindness
4Finnishsokeablind
5Proto-Finnicsokedablind
Every word from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿Every word from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊Every word from Ancient Greek Ἀσία
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