Where does “avoparikaija” come from?
avoparikaija (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaija, from Finnish Katariina, from Swedish Katarina, from Medieval Latin Catharīna, from Latin Ecaterina, from Ancient Greek Αἰκατερίνη, from Ancient Greek Ἑκάτη, from Ancient Greek ἑκάς — self.
avoparikaija (Finnish): eclectus parrot, "Eclectus roratus"
Definitions
- eclectus parrot, "Eclectus roratus"
Ancestry of “avoparikaija”, step by step
avoparikaija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaija | parrot, racquet-tail, parakeet; Psittacula; quay |
| 2 | Finnish | Katariina | Catherine |
| 3 | Swedish | Katarina | Catherine |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | Catharīna | — |
| 5 | Latin | Ecaterina | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Αἰκατερίνη | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἑκάτη | Hecate |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἑκάς | afar, far off; long after |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἕ | him |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | hwe | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |
via Finnish avopari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | avopari | unmarried couple |
| 2 | Finnish | pari | couple, pair; partner; battery cell |
| 3 | Swedish | par | a pair, a couple; a couple, two people who are... |
| 4 | English | peer | To look with difficulty, or as if searching for... |
| 5 | English | pee | Urine; To urinate; To drizzle |
| 6 | English | piss | Urine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic... |
| 7 | Middle English | pisse | piss, urine; Alternative form of pissen |
| 8 | Middle English | pissen | To piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To... |
| 9 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 10 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 11 | Latin | pissio | I piss |