Where does “keltarillikerttuli” come from?
keltarillikerttuli (Finnish) comes from Finnish rilli, from Finnish rillit, from Swedish brillor, from Finnish brilla, from Swedish beryll, from Latin bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος, from Prakrit विरलायते — white town.
keltarillikerttuli (Finnish): Paria whitestart, yellow-faced redstart, Myioborus pariae
Definitions
- Paria whitestart, yellow-faced redstart, Myioborus pariae
Ancestry of “keltarillikerttuli”, step by step
keltarillikerttuli traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish rilli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rilli | white-eye |
| 2 | Finnish | rillit | glasses, eyeglasses, spectacles; Zosteropidae;... |
| 3 | Swedish | brillor | spectacles |
| 4 | Finnish | brilla | — |
| 5 | Swedish | beryll | beryl |
| 6 | Latin | bēryllus | beryl |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βήρυλλος | beryl |
| 8 | Prakrit | विरलायते | — |
| 9 | Sanskrit | वैडूर्य | cat's eye; a jewel; anything excellent of its... |
| 10 | Pali | veḷuriya | lapis lazuli, a precious stone |
| 11 | Pali | veḷur | white town |
via Finnish kerttuli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kerttuli | warbler, New World warbler; parula |
| 2 | Finnish | Kerttu | Gretel, the girl in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel |
| 3 | German | Gertrud | — |
| 4 | Old High German | gēr | spear |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | gaiʀ | spear |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gaizaz | spear, pike, javelin |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰoysós | throwing spear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰey- | winter |