Where does “egyptinvaivaispäästäinen” come from?
egyptinvaivaispäästäinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish Egypti, from Latin Ægyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος, from Mycenaean Greek aikupitos, from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ, from Egyptian kꜣ, from Egyptian ḥr, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic x̣al.
egyptinvaivaispäästäinen (Finnish): Egyptian pygmy shrew, Crocidura religiosa
Definitions
- Egyptian pygmy shrew, Crocidura religiosa
Ancestry of “egyptinvaivaispäästäinen”, step by step
egyptinvaivaispäästäinen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Egypti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Egypti | Egyptian language |
| 2 | Latin | Ægyptus | Egyptian, of or pertaining to the Egyptian people |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Αἴγυπτος | Egypt; river Nile, Egypt |
| 4 | Mycenaean Greek | aikupitos | — |
| 5 | Egyptian | ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ | Egypt; Memphis; the temple of Ptah in Memphis;... |
| 6 | Egyptian | kꜣ | ka; goodwill - especially of the king;... |
| 7 | Egyptian | ḥr | face; surface; upon, on |
| 8 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | x̣al | — |
via Finnish päästäinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | päästäinen | shrew |
| 2 | Finnish | päästää | to let; to emit, give off; to temper |
| 3 | Finnish | päästä | to get to, reach, arrive at/in; to get to go, be... |
| 4 | Finnish | pää | head; end, tip |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | pää | head |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | päŋe | head |
via Finnish vaivainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaivainen | measly, paltry, miserable, wretched, pitiful,... |
| 2 | Finnish | vaiva | bother, inconvenience; ailment |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | vaiva | bother, inconvenience; pain, illness, torment |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | waiwô | woe, grief, misery; evil, wickedness, malice |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wai | oh!; woe! |