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Where does “atlaksenvihertikka” come from?

atlaksenvihertikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish vihertikka, from Finnish viher-, from Finnish vihreä, from Proto-Finnic viherä, from Proto-Finnic viha, from Proto-Finnic wiša, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wišás, from Proto-Indo-European wisós — fluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;...

atlaksenvihertikka (Finnish): Levaillant's woodpecker, Picus vaillantii

Definitions

  1. Levaillant's woodpecker, Picus vaillantii

Ancestry of “atlaksenvihertikka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvihertikkaA green woodpecker, yaffle, "Picus viridis"
2Finnishviher-Used as defining part in many compound nouns to...
3Finnishvihreägreen; The color green
4Proto-Finnicviherägreen
5Proto-Finnicvihahate, anger; rage; agression
6Proto-Finnicwiša—
7Proto-Indo-Iranianwišáspoison, venom
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwisósfluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;...
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