Where does “keltapäätanssija” come from?

keltapäätanssija (Finnish) comes from Finnish tanssija, from Finnish tanssia, from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

keltapäätanssija (Finnish): yellow-headed manakin, Chloropipo flavicapilla

Definitions

  1. yellow-headed manakin, Chloropipo flavicapilla

Ancestry of “keltapäätanssija”, step by step

keltapäätanssija traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tanssija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtanssijadancer; manakin
2Finnishtanssiato dance; Partitive singular form of tanssi
3FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
4Finnishjaand; AND
5Proto-Finnicjaand
6Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
7Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
8Proto-Germanic-hwe—
9Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish pää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäähead; end, tip
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Finnish kelta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeltayellow
2Proto-Finnickeltayellow; species of club moss used for dyeing...
3Proto-Balticgilˀtos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →