Where does “aasiantörmäpääsky” come from?
aasiantörmäpääsky (Finnish) comes from Finnish Aasia, from Latin Āsia, from Ancient Greek Ἀσία, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊, from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 — northwest Anatolia.
aasiantörmäpääsky (Finnish): pale sand martin, Riparia diluta
Definitions
- pale sand martin, Riparia diluta
Ancestry of “aasiantörmäpääsky”, step by step
aasiantörmäpääsky 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 törmäpääsky
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | törmäpääsky | sand martin, bank swallow, "Riparia riparia" |
| 2 | Finnish | pääsky | swallow, martin |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | päčke | swallow |