Where does “auroraperhonen” come from?

auroraperhonen (Finnish) comes from Finnish Aurora, from Latin aurōra, from Proto-Italic auzōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwsōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éws-os-s, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ews- — dawn; east; to draw water, scoop up.

auroraperhonen (Finnish): orange tip butterfly of the genus

Definitions

  1. orange tip butterfly of the genus

Ancestry of “auroraperhonen”, step by step

auroraperhonen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Aurora

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAuroraAurora
2Latinaurōra
3Proto-Italicauzōsdawn
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éwsōsdawn; goddess of dawn, bringer of light for which...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éws-os-s
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ews-dawn; east; to draw water, scoop up

via Finnish perhonen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperhoneninsect of the order Lepidoptera; butterfly, moth...
2Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ews-
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