Where does “ihmissyöjäheimo” come from?
ihmissyöjäheimo (Finnish) comes from Finnish ihmissyöjä, 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 — bean paste.
ihmissyöjäheimo (Finnish): cannibal tribe
Definitions
- cannibal tribe
Ancestry of “ihmissyöjäheimo”, step by step
ihmissyöjäheimo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ihmissyöjä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ihmissyöjä | cannibal |
| 2 | Finnish | syöjä | eater |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | sooja | shelter; protection; warm |
| 4 | Russian | со́я | jay {{i|dialectal}} |
| 5 | Dutch | soja | soy |
| 6 | Japanese | そい | 醤油 soy sauce |
| 7 | Japanese | 醤油 | soy sauce |
| 8 | Middle Chinese | 醬油 | — |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 醬 | bean paste |
via Finnish heimo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | heimo | tribe; family |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | haimo | tribe; family; kindred, relatives |
| 3 | Old High German | -o | Forms adverbs from adjectives; used to form... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ō | Creates adverbs from adjectives; Creates agent... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ô | -ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |