Where does “etiopiankiipijähiiri” come from?
etiopiankiipijähiiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish Etiopia, from Latin Aethiopia, from Ancient Greek Αἰθιοπία, from Ancient Greek Αἰθίοψ, from Ancient Greek ὤψ, from Proto-Hellenic ókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.
etiopiankiipijähiiri (Finnish): Lovat's climbing mouse, Dendromus lovati species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae, found only in Ethiopian subtropical or tropical high-altitude grasslands
Definitions
- Lovat's climbing mouse, Dendromus lovati species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae, found only in Ethiopian subtropical or tropical high-altitude grasslands
Ancestry of “etiopiankiipijähiiri”, step by step
etiopiankiipijähiiri traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Etiopia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Etiopia | Ethiopian |
| 2 | Latin | Aethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Αἰθιοπία | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Αἰθίοψ | Ethiopian |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὤψ | to the eye; in the face; eye |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | ókʷs | eye |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ókʷs | eye |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |
via Finnish kiipijä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kiipijä | climber; a bird of the genus "Climacteris"; the... |
| 2 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |