Where does “melonipäävalas” come from?
melonipäävalas (Finnish) comes from Finnish meloni, from Swedish melon, from Italian melone, from Middle French melon, from Old French melon, from Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων.
melonipäävalas (Finnish): melon-headed whale, electra dolphin, little killer whale, Peponocephala electra
Definitions
- melon-headed whale, electra dolphin, little killer whale, Peponocephala electra
Ancestry of “melonipäävalas”, step by step
melonipäävalas traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish meloni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | meloni | melon, "Cucumis melo" |
| 2 | Swedish | melon | melon |
| 3 | Italian | melone | melon, musk melon |
| 4 | Middle French | melon | — |
| 5 | Old French | melon | melon (fruit) |
| 6 | Latin | melonem | accusative singular of mēlō |
| 7 | Latin | melopeponem | A type of pumpkin |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μηλοπέπων | melon, "Cucumis melo" |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πέπων | ripe, softened; good, sweet, kind; weak, cowardly |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |