Where does “harmaakäsimakaki” come from?
harmaakäsimakaki (Finnish) comes from Finnish makaki, from French macaque, from Portuguese macaco, from English Madagascar, from Middle French Madagascar, from English Mogadishu, from Arabic مَقَدِيشُو, from Persian [[شاه]] [[مقعد]].
Ancestry of “harmaakäsimakaki”, step by step
harmaakäsimakaki traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish makaki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | makaki | macaque |
| 2 | French | macaque | macaque; monkey; clown |
| 3 | Portuguese | macaco | monkey, ape; mechanical jack; black; negro |
| 4 | English | Madagascar | A resident of Madagascar |
| 5 | Middle French | Madagascar | — |
| 6 | English | Mogadishu | The government of Somalia |
| 7 | Arabic | مَقَدِيشُو | — |
| 8 | Persian | [[شاه]] [[مقعد]] | — |
via Finnish harmaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | harmaa | grey, gray; grey, gray, dreary, gloomy; The... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | harmaga | grey, gray |
| 3 | Proto-Baltic | śirˀmas | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱr̥-m-os | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |