Where does “afrikanpingviini” come from?
afrikanpingviini (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.
afrikanpingviini (Finnish): jackass penguin, "Spheniscus demersus"
Definitions
- jackass penguin, "Spheniscus demersus"
Ancestry of “afrikanpingviini”, step by step
afrikanpingviini 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 pingviini
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pingviini | penguin |
| 2 | Swedish | pingvin | penguin |
| 3 | French | pingouin | auk, razorbill; penguin |
| 4 | Dutch | pinguïn | A penguin, flightless marine bird of the order... |
| 5 | English | penguin | Any of several flightless sea birds, of order... |
| 6 | Welsh | gwyn | white; blessed |
| 7 | Proto-Brythonic | gwɨnn | white |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | windos | white |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | windo- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |