Where does “afrikanpalmusivetti” come from?
afrikanpalmusivetti (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.
afrikanpalmusivetti (Finnish): African palm civet, Nandinia binotata
Definitions
- African palm civet, Nandinia binotata
Ancestry of “afrikanpalmusivetti”, step by step
afrikanpalmusivetti 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 palmusivetti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | palmusivetti | palm civet viverrid of the subfamily Paradoxurinae |
| 2 | Finnish | palmu | palm tree |
| 3 | Swedish | palm | A palm, tropical tree |
| 4 | Old Swedish | palmber | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | palmi | — |
| 6 | Latin | Palma | palm of the hand, hand |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₂meh₂ | palm, hand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plh₂m- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |