Where does “hiekkakultiainen” come from?

hiekkakultiainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiekka, from Finnish hieta, from Ingrian hiki, from Finnish -stua, from Finnish -staa, from Finnish saalistaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka — a place behind.

hiekkakultiainen (Finnish): de Winton's golden mole, Cryptochloris wintoni species of mole in the family

Definitions

  1. de Winton's golden mole, Cryptochloris wintoni species of mole in the family

Ancestry of “hiekkakultiainen”, step by step

hiekkakultiainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiekka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiekkasand; gravel, the small kind used to prevent...
2Finnishhietasilt, fine sand
3Ingrianhikisweat
4Finnish-stuaForms translative verbs
5Finnish-staaForms captative verbs, i.e. verbs for hunting or...
6Finnishsaalistaato prey, hunt
7FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
8Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
9Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
10Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

via Finnish kultiainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkultiainengolden mole mole of the family Chrysochloridae
2Finnishkultagold; gold medal; darling, dear, baby
3Proto-Finnickultagold
4Proto-Germanicgulþągold
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰl̥tómgold
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
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