Where does “jäähai” come from?
jäähai (Finnish) comes from Finnish hai, from Swedish haj, from Dutch haai, from Vietnamese hái, from English Hi, from English high, from Middle English heigh, from Old English hēah — to be lying down; to settle.
jäähai (Finnish): Greenland shark, Somniosus microcephalus
Definitions
- Greenland shark, Somniosus microcephalus
Ancestry of “jäähai”, step by step
jäähai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hai
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hai | shark; high card |
| 2 | Swedish | haj | shark |
| 3 | Dutch | haai | A shark, fish of the superorder Selachimorpha; A... |
| 4 | Vietnamese | hái | to pluck a plant or piece of fruit for later... |
| 5 | English | Hi | a short form of Hiram |
| 6 | English | high | Elevated, extending above a base or average... |
| 7 | Middle English | heigh | high; Alternative form of hey; Alternative form... |
| 8 | Old English | hēah | high, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime,... |
| 9 | Old English | hām | home; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,... |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | haim | home |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | haimaz | home; house; village |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóymos | of the home, belonging to the family; village,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |