Where does “keisaripingviini” come from?
keisaripingviini (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.
keisaripingviini (Finnish): emperor penguin
Definitions
- emperor penguin
Ancestry of “keisaripingviini”, step by step
keisaripingviini 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 pingviini
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pingviini | penguin |
| 2 | Swedish | pingvin | penguin |
| 3 | French | pingouin | auk, razorbill; penguin |
| 4 | Dutch | pinguïn | A penguin, flightless marine bird of the order... |
| 5 | English | penguin | Any of several flightless sea birds, of order... |
| 6 | Welsh | gwyn | white; blessed |
| 7 | Proto-Brythonic | gwɨnn | white |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | windos | white |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | windo- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |