Where does “harmaavilla-apina” come from?
harmaavilla-apina (Finnish) comes from Finnish villa-apina, from Finnish villa, from Finnish Vilhelm, from Swedish Vilhelm, from Old High German Willahelm, from Old High German helm, from Proto-West Germanic helm, from Proto-Germanic helmaz — to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab.
harmaavilla-apina (Finnish): yellow-tailed woolly monkey
Definitions
- yellow-tailed woolly monkey
Ancestry of “harmaavilla-apina”, step by step
harmaavilla-apina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish villa-apina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | villa-apina | woolly monkey |
| 2 | Finnish | villa | wool; villa |
| 3 | Finnish | Vilhelm | William of foreign historical persons |
| 4 | Swedish | Vilhelm | — |
| 5 | Old High German | Willahelm | William |
| 6 | Old High German | helm | helmet |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | helm | helmet |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | helmaz | helmet |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | halmaz | halm; stem; stalk; straw; hay |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱolh₂mos | stalk |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₂- | to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab |
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 |