Where does “humboldtinvilla-apina” come from?
humboldtinvilla-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.
humboldtinvilla-apina (Finnish): yellow-tailed woolly monkey
Definitions
- yellow-tailed woolly monkey
Ancestry of “humboldtinvilla-apina”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | villa-apina | woolly monkey |
| 2 | Finnish | villa | wool; villa |
| 3 | Finnish | Vilhelm | — |
| 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 |