Where does “aataminpuku” come from?
aataminpuku (Finnish) comes from Finnish aatami, from Finnish Aadam, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμ, from Hebrew אָדָם, from Hebrew אדמה — earth, soil, land.
aataminpuku (Finnish): birthday suit
Ancestry of “aataminpuku”, step by step
aataminpuku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish aatami
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aatami | Adam |
| 2 | Finnish | Aadam | Adam biblical character |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀδάμ | Adam husband of Eve |
| 4 | Hebrew | אָדָם | earth, man, soil, light brown; Adam; man, person |
| 5 | Hebrew | אדמה | earth, soil, land |
via Finnish puku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puku | suit set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers |
| 2 | Zulu | mpuku | — |
| 3 | Proto-Bantu | *pʊ́kʊ̀ | rat, mouse |