Where does “karibianhopeakylki” come from?

karibianhopeakylki (Finnish) comes from Finnish hopeakylki, from Finnish hopea, from Proto-Finnic hopeda, from Proto-Germanic samftijaz.

karibianhopeakylki (Finnish): hardhead silverside, Atherinomorus stipes

Definitions

  1. hardhead silverside, Atherinomorus stipes

Ancestry of “karibianhopeakylki”, step by step

karibianhopeakylki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hopeakylki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhopeakylkisilverside; Nickname for anything that has...
2Finnishhopeasilver
3Proto-Finnichopedasilver; soft
4Proto-Germanicsamftijaz—

via Finnish Karibia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKaribia—
2Swahili-iafor
Every word from Proto-Germanic samftijaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic hopeda →Every word from Finnish hopea →
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