Where does “kanarianhemppo” come from?
kanarianhemppo (Finnish) comes from Finnish hemppo, from Swedish hämpling, from Swedish -ing, from Old Swedish -ing, from Old Norse -ing, from Proto-Germanic -ingō — -ing.
kanarianhemppo (Finnish): Atlantic canary
Ancestry of “kanarianhemppo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | hemppo | linnet |
| 2 | Swedish | hämpling | — |
| 3 | Swedish | -ing | Used to form verbal nouns from verbs; -ing. See... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | -ing | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | -ing | Forms gerund nouns from verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ingō | -ing |