Where does “korutetra” come from?
korutetra (Finnish) comes from Finnish koru, from Finnish korea, from Ancient Greek χορεία, from Ancient Greek -είᾱ, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
korutetra (Finnish): Bentos tetra, ornate tetra, Hyphessobrycon bentosi species of characin fish found in sluggish tributaries at the Amazon Basin in Brazil and Peru
Definitions
- Bentos tetra, ornate tetra, Hyphessobrycon bentosi species of characin fish found in sluggish tributaries at the Amazon Basin in Brazil and Peru
Ancestry of “korutetra”, step by step
korutetra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish koru
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koru | A piece of jewellery; A jewel |
| 2 | Finnish | korea | beautiful, decorated; Korean; chorea |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | χορεία | dance, especially choral dance with music; any... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -είᾱ | Superficially appears in abstract nouns derived from σ-stem adjectives, with the true suffix being |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via Finnish Tetra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Tetra | Tetra Pak type of container |
| 2 | English | tetra | Any of numerous species of small South American... |
| 3 | Translingual | Tetragonopterus | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πτερόν | feather; wing; Any winged creature |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | péth₂r̥ | wing; feather |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peth₂- | to spread out; to fly |