Where does “keisarisarvinokka” come from?
keisarisarvinokka (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.
keisarisarvinokka (Finnish): great hornbill, Buceros bicornis
Definitions
- great hornbill, Buceros bicornis
Ancestry of “keisarisarvinokka”, step by step
keisarisarvinokka 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 sarvinokka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sarvinokka | hornbill any bird of family |
| 2 | Finnish | sarvi | horn; antler; handlebar |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | sarvi | horn |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | śarwe | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *ćr̥Hwás | horn |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱr̥h₂-wó-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱerh₂- | head, top; horn |