Where does “lantakuoriainen” come from?
lantakuoriainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish lanta, from Esperanto lante, from Esperanto lanta, from Ido lenta, from French lent, from Italian lento, from Spanish lento, from Galician -ura — ing, -ure, -work.
lantakuoriainen (Finnish): dung beetle
Definitions
- dung beetle
Ancestry of “lantakuoriainen”, step by step
lantakuoriainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lanta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lanta | Animal feces used as fertilizer; manure, dung;... |
| 2 | Esperanto | lante | slowly |
| 3 | Esperanto | lanta | slow |
| 4 | Ido | lenta | slow |
| 5 | French | lent | slow |
| 6 | Italian | lento | slow |
| 7 | Spanish | lento | slow |
| 8 | Galician | -ura | -ness |
| 9 | Latin | -ura | Suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives |
| 10 | Latin | -tūra | ing, -ure, -work |
via Finnish kuoriainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuoriainen | beetle; croustade |
| 2 | Finnish | kuori | skin; peel; shale |
| 3 | Old Swedish | kor | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | kórr | — |
| 5 | Latin | chorus | chorus (all forms); a performance with dancing and singing; a troop or band of dancers and singers; performers |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χορός | dance ring, round dance; dance accompanied by... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |