Where does “filippiinienkorvaherkko” come from?
filippiinienkorvaherkko (Finnish) comes from Finnish Filippiinit, from French Philippines, from Spanish Filipinas, from Spanish Felipe, from Latin Philippus, from Ancient Greek φίλιππος, from Ancient Greek φιλέω, from Ancient Greek ἀτέλεια — together, one.
filippiinienkorvaherkko (Finnish): large-eared horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus...
Definitions
- large-eared horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus...
Ancestry of “filippiinienkorvaherkko”, step by step
filippiinienkorvaherkko traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Filippiinit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Filippiinit | — |
| 2 | French | Philippines | — |
| 3 | Spanish | Filipinas | {{l|en|Philippines}} |
| 4 | Spanish | Felipe | Philip biblical apostle |
| 5 | Latin | Philippus | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φίλιππος | fond of horses |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | φιλέω | I love, like, regard highly; I treat kindly,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀτέλεια | exemption from public burdens, immunity |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via Finnish herkko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | herkko | horseshoe bat |
| 2 | Finnish | hevosenkenkäyökkö | horseshoe bat |
| 3 | Finnish | hevosenkenkä | A horseshoe |
| 4 | Finnish | hevonen | horse, "Equus caballus"; horse; knight |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | hepoinen | horse |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -inen | -ish, -ic, -like, -y; -en |