Where does “hopeabarbi” come from?
hopeabarbi (Finnish) comes from Finnish barbi, from English barb, from English barbiturate, from German Barbiturat, from French barbiturique, from German Barbitursäure, from German Barbara, from Latin barbara.
hopeabarbi (Finnish): tinfoil barb, "Barbonymus schwanenfeldii"
Definitions
- tinfoil barb, "Barbonymus schwanenfeldii"
Ancestry of “hopeabarbi”, step by step
hopeabarbi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish barbi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | barbi | A barb fish; The Barbie doll |
| 2 | English | barb | The point that stands backward in an arrow,... |
| 3 | English | barbiturate | Any salt or ester of barbituric acid; Any of... |
| 4 | German | Barbiturat | barbiturate |
| 5 | French | barbiturique | barbiturate |
| 6 | German | Barbitursäure | — |
| 7 | German | Barbara | popular especially in the mid-twentieth century |
| 8 | Latin | barbara | a wild, savage, cruel, barbarous, shameless, or... |
| 9 | Latin | barbarus | foreign; savage; uncivilized |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | βάρβαρος | non-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |