Etymology Explorer › Finnish

Where does “amazonianvyötiäinen” come from?

amazonianvyötiäinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish Amazonia, from English amazon, from Spanish Amazonas, from Spanish amazona, from Latin amazon, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə- — together, one.

amazonianvyötiäinen (Finnish): greater long-nosed armadillo

Definitions

  1. greater long-nosed armadillo

Ancestry of “amazonianvyötiäinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAmazonia—
2EnglishamazonA tall, strong, athletic woman
3SpanishAmazonas—
4Spanishamazonahorsewoman; amazon
5Latinamazon—
6Ancient GreekἈμαζώνAmazons, a nation of female warriors from western...
7Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
8Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
9Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
10Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →