Where does “ketohopeatäplä” come from?
ketohopeatäplä (Finnish) comes from Finnish keto, from Finnish kesi, from Proto-Finnic keci, from Proto-Uralic keδ́e.
ketohopeatäplä (Finnish): high brown fritillary, Fabriciana adippe large and brightly colored butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, native to Europe and across the Palearctic to Japan
Definitions
- high brown fritillary, Fabriciana adippe large and brightly colored butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, native to Europe and across the Palearctic to Japan
Ancestry of “ketohopeatäplä”, step by step
ketohopeatäplä traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish keto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keto | dry meadow, pasture |
| 2 | Finnish | kesi | The thin outer layer of skin; Third-person... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | keci | outer skin |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | keδ́e | — |
via Finnish hopea
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hopea | silver |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | hopeda | silver; soft |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | samftijaz | — |
via Finnish täplä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | täplä | spot, speck; pad |