Where does “afrikantylli” come from?
afrikantylli (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.
afrikantylli (Finnish): Kittlitz’s sand plover, "Charadrius pecuarius"
Definitions
- Kittlitz’s sand plover, "Charadrius pecuarius"
Ancestry of “afrikantylli”, step by step
afrikantylli 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 tylli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tylli | bird of the genus "Charadrius", especially its... |
| 2 | French | Tulle | tulle |
| 3 | Latin | tūtēla | tutelage, guardianship |
| 4 | Latin | tueor | I look or gaze at, behold, watch, view; I care... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | toweōr | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tewH- | to observe; to look favourably upon; to swell; to... |