Where does “japaninmeribassi” come from?
japaninmeribassi (Finnish) comes from Finnish meribassi, from Finnish bassi, from English bass, from Middle English bace, from Middle English bars, from Old English bærs, from Proto-West Germanic bars, from Proto-Germanic barsaz — top, tip, point.
japaninmeribassi (Finnish): Japanese sea bass, Lateolabrax japonicus
Definitions
- Japanese sea bass, Lateolabrax japonicus
Ancestry of “japaninmeribassi”, step by step
japaninmeribassi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish meribassi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | meribassi | European seabass, "Dicentrarchus labrax";... |
| 2 | Finnish | bassi | bass |
| 3 | English | bass | Of sound, a voice or an instrument, low in pitch... |
| 4 | Middle English | bace | bass; Alternative form of bas; Alternative form... |
| 5 | Middle English | bars | Alternative form of bace |
| 6 | Old English | bærs | a fish, perch |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | bars | perch |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | barsaz | perch |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰórsos | prickle, thorn, scale; pointy, prickly |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰers- | top, tip, point |