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Where does “hunajaopas” come from?

hunajaopas (Finnish) comes from Finnish opas, from Finnish äs, from German ās, from French as, from Italian asso, from German ass, from English ace, from English asexual — up, out.

hunajaopas (Finnish): honeyguide

Definitions

  1. honeyguide

Ancestry of “hunajaopas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishopasguide; guide book, guide
2Finnishäsess; argh
3Germanās—
4Frenchasace; as; second-person singular present...
5Italianassoace; A piece or side having a single dot
6GermanassSwitzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling...
7EnglishaceA single point or spot on a playing card or die;...
8EnglishasexualNonsexual in nature, unmarked by sexual activity;...
9Englishā-—
10Middle Englisha-up, out, away; of; on, in
11Old Englishā-a-; away, out
12Old Englishar-—
13Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
14Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
15Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
16Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European uds- →