Where does “afrikansormihirssi” come from?
afrikansormihirssi (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.
afrikansormihirssi (Finnish): finger millet, "Eleusine coracana"
Definitions
- finger millet, "Eleusine coracana"
Ancestry of “afrikansormihirssi”, step by step
afrikansormihirssi 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 sormihirssi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sormihirssi | goosegrass; the genus "Eleusine" |
| 2 | Finnish | hirssi | millet; panicgrass; proso millet, common millet,... |
| 3 | Swedish | hirs | — |
| 4 | German | Hirse | millet |
| 5 | Middle High German | hirse | — |
| 6 | Old High German | hirso | millet |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hirsijô | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |