Where does “kirjobarbi” come from?
kirjobarbi (Finnish) comes from Finnish barbi, from English barb, from English barbiturate, from German Barbiturat, from French barbiturique, from German Barbitursäure, from German Barbara, from Latin barbara.
kirjobarbi (Finnish): Arulius barb, Tamiraparani barb, Silas barb, longfin barb, Dawkinsia arulius tropical cyprinid fish native to the Kaveri River basin of south east India
Definitions
- Arulius barb, Tamiraparani barb, Silas barb, longfin barb, Dawkinsia arulius tropical cyprinid fish native to the Kaveri River basin of south east India
Ancestry of “kirjobarbi”, step by step
kirjobarbi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish barbi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | barbi | A barb fish; The Barbie doll |
| 2 | English | barb | The point that stands backward in an arrow,... |
| 3 | English | barbiturate | Any salt or ester of barbituric acid; Any of... |
| 4 | German | Barbiturat | barbiturate |
| 5 | French | barbiturique | barbiturate |
| 6 | German | Barbitursäure | — |
| 7 | German | Barbara | popular especially in the mid-twentieth century |
| 8 | Latin | barbara | a wild, savage, cruel, barbarous, shameless, or... |
| 9 | Latin | barbarus | foreign; savage; uncivilized |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | βάρβαρος | non-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |