Where does “ankkalammikko” come from?
ankkalammikko (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.
ankkalammikko (Finnish): duck pond, duckpond
Definitions
- duck pond, duckpond
Ancestry of “ankkalammikko”, step by step
ankkalammikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ankka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
via Finnish lammikko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lammikko | A puddle; A small pond |
| 2 | Finnish | -ikko | Forms nouns for groups of a particular number,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ikko | Forms nouns indicating a group of things |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -i- | Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive) |