Where does “keltaselkäpuikkija” come from?
keltaselkäpuikkija (Finnish) comes from Finnish puikkija, from Finnish puikkia, 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.
keltaselkäpuikkija (Finnish): yellow-backed duiker, Cephalophus silvicultor
Definitions
- yellow-backed duiker, Cephalophus silvicultor
Ancestry of “keltaselkäpuikkija”, step by step
keltaselkäpuikkija traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puikkija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puikkija | duiker antelope of the subfamily Cephalophinae, found in South Africa |
| 2 | Finnish | puikkia | to dart, especially in order to escape |
| 3 | Finnish | ia | Obsolete spelling of ja |
| 4 | Finnish | ja | and; AND |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | ja | and |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |