Where does “hyönteissyöjä” come from?
hyönteissyöjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish syöjä, from Proto-Finnic sooja, from Russian со́я, from Dutch soja, from Japanese そい, from Japanese 醤油, from Middle Chinese 醬油, from Middle Chinese 醬 — bean paste.
hyönteissyöjä (Finnish): insectivore
Definitions
- insectivore
Ancestry of “hyönteissyöjä”, step by step
hyönteissyöjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish syöjä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | syöjä | eater |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | sooja | shelter; protection; warm |
| 3 | Russian | со́я | jay {{i|dialectal}} |
| 4 | Dutch | soja | soy |
| 5 | Japanese | そい | 醤油 soy sauce |
| 6 | Japanese | 醤油 | soy sauce |
| 7 | Middle Chinese | 醬油 | — |
| 8 | Middle Chinese | 醬 | bean paste |
via Finnish hyönteinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hyönteinen | insect |
| 2 | Finnish | tieteellinen | scientific |
| 3 | Finnish | tiede | science; one of the liberal arts or humanities |
| 4 | Finnish | tietää | to know, be aware of; to signify, mean, presage,... |
| 5 | Finnish | -mätön | Front vowel variant of -maton |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -mat'oin | Forms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | -t'oin | -less |
| 8 | Proto-Uralic | -ktama | — |