Where does “amiraaliperhonen” come from?
amiraaliperhonen (Finnish) comes from Finnish amiraali, from Swedish amiral, from French amiral, from Old French amiral, from Latin amiralis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.
amiraaliperhonen (Finnish): admiral
Definitions
- admiral
Ancestry of “amiraaliperhonen”, step by step
amiraaliperhonen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish amiraali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | amiraali | admiral; red admiral, "Vanessa atalanta" |
| 2 | Swedish | amiral | an admiral |
| 3 | French | amiral | of or belonging to an admiral; admiral |
| 4 | Old French | amiral | admiral |
| 5 | Latin | amiralis | — |
| 6 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |
via Finnish perhonen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | perhonen | insect of the order Lepidoptera; butterfly, moth... |
| 2 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |