Where does “mehiläisemo” come from?
mehiläisemo (Finnish) comes from Finnish emo, from English emo, from English emotional, from English emotion, from French émotion, from French -tion, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Ancestry of “mehiläisemo”, step by step
mehiläisemo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish emo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | emo | mother; dam; queen |
| 2 | English | emo | A particular style of hardcore punk rock; An... |
| 3 | English | emotional | Of or relating to the emotions; Characterised by... |
| 4 | English | emotion | movement; agitation; A person's internal state of... |
| 5 | French | émotion | emotion |
| 6 | French | -tion | Used to indicate action, condition, result or... |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Finnish mehiläinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mehiläinen | bee |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | mehiläinen | bee |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | mekše | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | mákš | midge, fly, bee |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mék-s ~ m̥k-és | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mek- | to bleat |