Where does “iirishimmennin” come from?

iirishimmennin (Finnish) comes from Finnish iiris, from Swedish iris, from English Iris, from Latin Īris, from Ancient Greek Ἶρις, from Ancient Greek Ἴρις.

iirishimmennin (Finnish): iris diaphragm

Definitions

  1. iris diaphragm

Ancestry of “iirishimmennin”, step by step

iirishimmennin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish iiris

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishiirisiris flower
2SwedishirisIris
3EnglishIrisA messenger of the gods, and goddess of rainbows
4LatinĪris—
5Ancient GreekἾριςIris
6Ancient GreekἼρις—

via Finnish himmennin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhimmennindimmer
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Ancient Greek Ἴρις →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἶρις →Every word from Latin Īris →