Where does “hietatokko” come from?
hietatokko (Finnish) comes from Finnish hieta, from Ingrian hiki, from Finnish -stua, from Finnish -staa, from Finnish saalistaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka — a place behind.
hietatokko (Finnish): sand goby
Definitions
- sand goby
Ancestry of “hietatokko”, step by step
hietatokko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hieta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hieta | silt, fine sand |
| 2 | Ingrian | hiki | sweat |
| 3 | Finnish | -stua | Forms translative verbs |
| 4 | Finnish | -staa | Forms captative verbs, i.e. verbs for hunting or... |
| 5 | Finnish | saalistaa | to prey, hunt |
| 6 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 7 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | taka | back, a place behind |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |
via Finnish tokko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tokko | I don't think, hardly; used to express doubt,... |
| 2 | Finnish | tokka | A large herd, especially of reindeer; dry dock,... |
| 3 | Swedish | docka | a doll, a puppet; a dock; to dock |
| 4 | Old Norse | dokka | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | dukkǭ | power, strength; muscle |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰew- | to die, pass away; to run, flow |