Where does “aasianpalokärki” come from?

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

aasianpalokärki (Finnish): white-bellied woodpecker, Dryocopus javensis

Definitions

  1. white-bellied woodpecker, Dryocopus javensis

Ancestry of “aasianpalokärki”, step by step

aasianpalokärki 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 palokärki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalokärkiblack woodpecker; "Dryocopus martius"; the genus...
2Finnishkärkipoint, tip, cusp; lead; vertex
3Proto-Finnickärkiblack woodpecker
4Proto-Finno-Permickärke
Every word from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿Every word from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊Every word from Ancient Greek Ἀσία
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