Where does “boliviantsintsillarotta” come from?

boliviantsintsillarotta (Finnish) comes from Finnish Bolivia, from Spanish Bolivia, from Spanish Bolívar, from Basque Bolibar, from Basque bolu, from Latin molīnum, from Latin molīnus, from Latin mola — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

boliviantsintsillarotta (Finnish): Bolivian chinchilla rat, Abrocoma boliviensis

Definitions

  1. Bolivian chinchilla rat, Abrocoma boliviensis

Ancestry of “boliviantsintsillarotta”, step by step

boliviantsintsillarotta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Bolivia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishBoliviaBolivia's
2SpanishBolivia
3SpanishBolívarSimón Bolívar (1783–1830), South American leader, the most famous person with this surname
4BasqueBolibar
5Basqueboluwindmill
6Latinmolīnuma mill
7Latinmolīnusmill
8Latinmolamillstone; mill; ground meal
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
11Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via Finnish tsintsillarotta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtsintsillarottachinchilla rat
2Finnishrottarat; unemployed person living on welfare
3Old Swedishrotta
4Middle Low Germanrotte
5Proto-Germanicrattazrat
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European mel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European melh₂-
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