Where does “aasiankalliopääsky” come from?
aasiankalliopääsky (Finnish) comes from Finnish Aasia, from Latin Āsia, from Ancient Greek Ἀσία, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊, from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 — northwest Anatolia.
aasiankalliopääsky (Finnish): dusky crag martin, Ptyonoprogne concolor
Definitions
- dusky crag martin, Ptyonoprogne concolor
Ancestry of “aasiankalliopääsky”, step by step
aasiankalliopääsky 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 kalliopääsky
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kalliopääsky | Eurasian crag martin, "Ptyonoprogne rupestris";... |
| 2 | Finnish | Kallio | Any of a number of small places in Finland |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *kallijo | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hallijǭ | — |