Where does “mangrovemesikko” come from?
mangrovemesikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish mangrove, from English mangrove, from English mangrow, from Portuguese mangue, from Spanish mangle — mangrove.
mangrovemesikko (Finnish): brown-backed honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus species of bird in the family Meliphagidae, found in mangrove forests of New Guinea and Cape York Peninsula
Definitions
- brown-backed honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus species of bird in the family Meliphagidae, found in mangrove forests of New Guinea and Cape York Peninsula
Ancestry of “mangrovemesikko”, step by step
mangrovemesikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mangrove
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mangrove | mangrove all senses |
| 2 | English | mangrove | Any of various tropical evergreen trees or shrubs... |
| 3 | English | mangrow | — |
| 4 | Portuguese | mangue | mangrove |
| 5 | Spanish | mangle | mangrove |
via Finnish mesikko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mesikko | honeyeater, meliphagid bird of the family Meliphagidae |
| 2 | Finnish | -ikko | Forms nouns for groups of a particular number,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ikko | Forms nouns indicating a group of things |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -i- | Plural number marker in other cases than the nominative (and optionally the genitive) |