Where does “guineansuomuhäntäorava” come from?
guineansuomuhäntäorava (Finnish) comes from Finnish guinea, from English Guinea, from Portuguese Guiné, from English -ia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
guineansuomuhäntäorava (Finnish): Pel’s scaly-tailed squirrel, Anomalurus pelii
Definitions
- Pel’s scaly-tailed squirrel, Anomalurus pelii
Ancestry of “guineansuomuhäntäorava”, step by step
guineansuomuhäntäorava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish guinea
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | guinea | guinea British gold coin |
| 2 | English | Guinea | A gold coin originally worth twenty shillings; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency) standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings |
| 3 | Portuguese | Guiné | Guinea |
| 4 | English | -ia | Used in forming names of countries, diseases,... |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Finnish suomuhäntäorava
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suomuhäntäorava | anomalure, scaly-tailed squirrel |
| 2 | Finnish | orava | squirrel; red squirrel, Eurasian red squirrel |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | oraba | squirrel |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ora | squirrel; awl |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hā́raH | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ólos | awl |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ēl- | awl, prong |