Where does “ceyloninpalmuhiiri” come from?
ceyloninpalmuhiiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish Ceylon, from English Ceylon, from Portuguese Ceilão, from Old French Seilan, from Persian سیلان, from Pali sīhaḷa, from Sanskrit सिंहल, from Sanskrit सिंह.
ceyloninpalmuhiiri (Finnish): Nolthenius's long-tailed climbing mouse,...
Definitions
- Nolthenius's long-tailed climbing mouse,...
Ancestry of “ceyloninpalmuhiiri”, step by step
ceyloninpalmuhiiri traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Ceylon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Ceylon | — |
| 2 | English | Ceylon | Short for Ceylon tea |
| 3 | Portuguese | Ceilão | Ceylon |
| 4 | Old French | Seilan | — |
| 5 | Persian | سیلان | flow; flux |
| 6 | Pali | sīhaḷa | Sinhalese |
| 7 | Sanskrit | सिंहल | the island of Sri Lanka; name of a man; Sri... |
| 8 | Sanskrit | सिंह | the lion; the zodiacal sign Leo or its lagna;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | sinźʰás | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | sinȷ́ʰás | lion |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *sinǵʰós- | — |
via Finnish palmu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | palmu | palm tree |
| 2 | Swedish | palm | A palm, tropical tree |
| 3 | Old Swedish | palmber | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | palmi | — |
| 5 | Latin | Palma | palm of the hand, hand |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₂meh₂ | palm, hand |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plh₂m- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |