Where does “keisarifregattilintu” come from?
keisarifregattilintu (Finnish) comes from Finnish keisari, from Old Swedish keysar, from Middle Low German keiser, from Old High German keisar, from Indonesian kaisar, from Dutch keizer, from Middle Dutch keiser, from Old Dutch keiser — hair.
keisarifregattilintu (Finnish): magnificent frigatebird, "Fregata magnificens"
Definitions
- magnificent frigatebird, "Fregata magnificens"
Ancestry of “keisarifregattilintu”, step by step
keisarifregattilintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish keisari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keisari | emperor |
| 2 | Old Swedish | keysar | emperor |
| 3 | Middle Low German | keiser | emperor |
| 4 | Old High German | keisar | emperor |
| 5 | Indonesian | kaisar | emperor; empress |
| 6 | Dutch | keizer | emperor |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | keiser | — |
| 8 | Old Dutch | keiser | emperor |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kaisaraz | emperor |
| 10 | Latin | Caesar | Julius Caesar; emperor |
| 11 | Latin | caesaries | or hair |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kéysero- | hair |
via Finnish fregattilintu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | fregattilintu | frigatebird |
| 2 | Finnish | fregatti | frigate |
| 3 | French | frégate | frigate; frigatebird; first-person singular... |
| 4 | Italian | fregata | rub, polish; rip-off; feminine singular of... |
| 5 | Latin | aphractus | An open boat |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἄφρακτος | unfenced, unfortified, unguarded |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | φράκτης | sluice with gates |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |