Where does “flamingokukka” come from?
flamingokukka (Finnish) comes from Finnish flamingo, from English flamingo, from Portuguese flamingo, from Spanish flamenco, from Old Occitan flamenc, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō — to smell.
flamingokukka (Finnish): anthurium, tailflower, flamingo flower any of several tropical American evergreen plants, of the genus
Definitions
- anthurium, tailflower, flamingo flower any of several tropical American evergreen plants, of the genus
Ancestry of “flamingokukka”, step by step
flamingokukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish flamingo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | flamingo | flamingo |
| 2 | English | flamingo | A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae; A... |
| 3 | Portuguese | flamingo | flamingo bird |
| 4 | Spanish | flamenco | Flemish; flamenco; insolent, cheeky |
| 5 | Old Occitan | flamenc | flame colored |
| 6 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 7 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |