Where does “etelämantereenkihu” come from?

etelämantereenkihu (Finnish) comes from Finnish Etelämanner, from Finnish etelä, from Slovak Etela, from English ethel, from Middle English ethel, from Old English æþel, from Old English æþele, from Proto-Germanic aþalaz — to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam.

etelämantereenkihu (Finnish): south polar skua

Definitions

  1. south polar skua

Ancestry of “etelämantereenkihu”, step by step

etelämantereenkihu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Etelämanner

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishEtelämanner
2Finnisheteläsouth
3SlovakEtela
4EnglishethelThe letter Œ/œ, or the rune ᛟ; Alternative form...
5Middle Englishethelhomeland, ancestral territory; patrimony; athel
6Old Englishæþelhomeland, ancestral territory; noble, a person of...
7Old Englishæþelenoble
8Proto-Germanicaþalaznoble
9Proto-Germanicaþaląnature, disposition; nobility, race
10Proto-Indo-Europeanat-alfamily, race
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂el-to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam

via Finnish kihu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkihuskua, jaeger bird of the genus
2Finnishkihistäto sizzle, to hiss
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂el-
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