Where does “jäykkäkarvapuuvillarotta” come from?
jäykkäkarvapuuvillarotta (Finnish) comes from Finnish puuvilla, from Finnish villa, from Finnish Vilhelm, from Swedish Vilhelm, from Old High German Willahelm, from Old High German helm, from Proto-West Germanic helm, from Proto-Germanic helmaz — to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab.
jäykkäkarvapuuvillarotta (Finnish): hispid cotton rat
Definitions
- hispid cotton rat
Ancestry of “jäykkäkarvapuuvillarotta”, step by step
jäykkäkarvapuuvillarotta traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puuvilla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puuvilla | cotton |
| 2 | Finnish | villa | wool; villa |
| 3 | Finnish | Vilhelm | William of foreign historical persons |
| 4 | Swedish | Vilhelm | — |
| 5 | Old High German | Willahelm | William |
| 6 | Old High German | helm | helmet |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | helm | helmet |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | helmaz | helmet |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | halmaz | halm; stem; stalk; straw; hay |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱolh₂mos | stalk |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₂- | to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab |
via Finnish rotta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rotta | rat; unemployed person living on welfare |
| 2 | Old Swedish | rotta | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | rotte | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | rattaz | rat |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₃d- | to scrape |
via Finnish jäykkäkarvainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jäykkäkarvainen | hispid, with stiff hairs |
| 2 | Finnish | jäykkä | stiff, rigid |
| 3 | Finnish | jää | ice; rock; in the expression on the rocks =... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | jää | ice |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | jäŋe | ice |