Where does “afrikanjuurimyllikäs” come from?

afrikanjuurimyllikäs (Finnish) comes from Finnish Afrikka, from Russian А́фрика, from Latin Āfrica, from Latin āfricus, from Latin Āfri, from Albanian afër, from Proto-Albanian apsera, from Proto-Albanian aps — the god Apis.

afrikanjuurimyllikäs (Finnish): African mole rat mole rat of the genus

Definitions

  1. African mole rat mole rat of the genus

Ancestry of “afrikanjuurimyllikäs”, step by step

afrikanjuurimyllikäs traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Afrikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAfrikkaAfrica
2RussianА́фрика
3LatinĀfricathe territory of Carthage, the African coast west of Cyrenaica
4LatināfricusAfrican
5LatinĀfri
6Albanianafërat, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to
7Proto-Albanianapseraat, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to
8Proto-Albanianaps
9LatinApisA seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica
10Ancient GreekἌπις
11Copticϩⲁⲡⲉthe Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum)
12Egyptianḥpthe god Apis

via Finnish juuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuuriroot; Short for taikinajuuri; a zero of a...
2Proto-Finnicjuuriroot
3Proto-Finno-Permicjure

via Finnish myllikäs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyllikässpalacid rat-like rodent in the taxonomic family Spalacidae, earlier classified as subgroup of Muridae
2Finnishmyllätäto dig, to rummage, to grub
Every word from Egyptian ḥpEvery word from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉEvery word from Ancient Greek Ἄπις