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Where does “hirmulisko” come from?

hirmulisko (Finnish) comes from New Latin dīnosaurus, from English dinosaur, from French dinosaure, from German Dinosaurier, from Italian dinosauro, from Russian диноза́вр, from Translingual Dinosauria, from Translingual Dinosaurus — claw, nail; nail.

hirmulisko (Finnish): dinosaur

Definitions

  1. dinosaur

Ancestry of “hirmulisko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latindīnosaurus—
2EnglishdinosaurIn scientific usage, any of the animals belonging...
3Frenchdinosauredinosaur
4GermanDinosaurierdinosaur
5Italiandinosaurodinosaur
6Russianдиноза́вр—
7TranslingualDinosauria—
8TranslingualDinosaurus—
9Ancient Greekδεινόςterrible, horrible, fearful, astounding; danger;...
10Ancient Greekὄνυξclaw, nail, hoof, talon; Anything which resembles...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nogʰ-claw, nail; nail
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