Where does “harmaasulkukotilo” come from?
harmaasulkukotilo (Finnish) comes from Finnish harmaa, from Proto-Finnic harmaga, from Proto-Baltic śirˀmas, from Proto-Indo-European ḱr̥-m-os, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
harmaasulkukotilo (Finnish): Bulgarica cana, a door snail
Definitions
- Bulgarica cana, a door snail
Ancestry of “harmaasulkukotilo”, step by step
harmaasulkukotilo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Finnish sulkukotilo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sulkukotilo | door snail snail of the family Clausiliidae |
| 2 | Finnish | kotilo | gastropod, mollusc, seashell, snail; the shell of... |
| 3 | Finnish | -lö | Front vowel variant of -lo |
| 4 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 5 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |