Where does “kanadankerttuli” come from?
kanadankerttuli (Finnish) comes from Finnish Kanada, from English cañada, from Spanish cañada, from Spanish -ada, from Spanish -ado, from Old Spanish -ado, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
kanadankerttuli (Finnish): Tennessee warbler a New World warbler
Definitions
- Tennessee warbler a New World warbler
Ancestry of “kanadankerttuli”, step by step
kanadankerttuli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Kanada
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Kanada | of Canada |
| 2 | English | cañada | A small canyon; a narrow valley or glen |
| 3 | Spanish | cañada | glen, gully, ravine |
| 4 | Spanish | -ada | Used with a stem to form the feminine singular... |
| 5 | Spanish | -ado | Suffix indicating the masculine singular past... |
| 6 | Old Spanish | -ado | forms the masculine singular past participle of regular |
| 7 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |
via Finnish kerttuli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kerttuli | warbler, New World warbler; parula |
| 2 | Finnish | Kerttu | Gretel, the girl in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel |
| 3 | German | Gertrud | — |
| 4 | Old High German | gēr | spear |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | gaiʀ | spear |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gaizaz | spear, pike, javelin |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰoysós | throwing spear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰey- | winter |