Where does “afrikankääpiöhaukka” come from?
afrikankääpiöhaukka (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.
afrikankääpiöhaukka (Finnish): African pygmy falcon, pygmy falcon, "Polihierax...
Definitions
- African pygmy falcon, pygmy falcon, "Polihierax...
Ancestry of “afrikankääpiöhaukka”, step by step
afrikankääpiöhaukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Afrikka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Afrikka | Africa |
| 2 | Russian | А́фрика | — |
| 3 | Latin | Āfrica | the territory of Carthage, the African coast west of Cyrenaica |
| 4 | Latin | āfricus | African |
| 5 | Latin | Āfri | — |
| 6 | Albanian | afër | at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to |
| 7 | Proto-Albanian | apsera | at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to |
| 8 | Proto-Albanian | aps | — |
| 9 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 11 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 12 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |
via Finnish kääpiöhaukka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kääpiöhaukka | pygmy falcon |
| 2 | Finnish | kääpiö | midget, dwarf; dwarf star, dwarf |
| 3 | Finnish | -io | Forms nouns from verbs or verbal stems; Forms... |
| 4 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |