Where does “ankkala” come from?
ankkala (Finnish) comes from Finnish ankka, from Finnish äänenvaimennin, from Finnish ääni, from Greenlandic Aani, from Danish ane, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana — on, onto.
ankkala (Finnish): duck house
Ancestry of “ankkala”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | ankka | domestic duck, "Anas platyrhynchos domestica";... |
| 2 | Finnish | äänenvaimennin | muffler; silencer |
| 3 | Finnish | ääni | sound; audio; voice |
| 4 | Greenlandic | Aani | — |
| 5 | Danish | ane | forefather; guess; suspect |
| 6 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 7 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |