Where does “aasiannakkeli” come from?

aasiannakkeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish Aasia, from Latin Āsia, from Ancient Greek Ἀσία, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊, from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 — northwest Anatolia.

aasiannakkeli (Finnish): chestnut-bellied nuthatch, Sitta castanea

Definitions

  1. chestnut-bellied nuthatch, Sitta castanea

Ancestry of “aasiannakkeli”, step by step

aasiannakkeli 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 nakkeli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnakkelinuthatch
2FinnishnakellaTo throw things around
3Finnishnakatato throw (away), toss, bung, chuck
4Finnish-elläFront vowel variant of -ella
Every word from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿Every word from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊Every word from Ancient Greek Ἀσία