Where does “dahurianlehtikuusi” come from?
dahurianlehtikuusi (Finnish) comes from Latin Dahūria, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
dahurianlehtikuusi (Finnish): Dahurian larch (Larix gmelinii)
Definitions
- Dahurian larch (Larix gmelinii)
Ancestry of “dahurianlehtikuusi”, step by step
dahurianlehtikuusi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin Dahūria
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Dahūria | the country of the Daur people, Dauria |
| 2 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 3 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Finnish lehtikuusi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lehtikuusi | larch |
| 2 | Finnish | kuusi | six; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies" |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kuuci | six |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kutte | ridge; six |