Where does “merinisäkäs” come from?
merinisäkäs (Finnish) comes from Finnish nisäkäs, from Finnish nisä, from Portuguese Nisa, from French nice, from Old French nice, from Latin nescius, from Latin nesciō, from Latin sciō — to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...
merinisäkäs (Finnish): marine mammal, sea mammal
Definitions
- marine mammal, sea mammal
Ancestry of “merinisäkäs”, step by step
merinisäkäs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish nisäkäs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nisäkäs | mammal |
| 2 | Finnish | nisä | mamma; breast of a woman; teat, nipple |
| 3 | Portuguese | Nisa | — |
| 4 | French | nice | candid, naive |
| 5 | Old French | nice | simple, foolish |
| 6 | Latin | nescius | unaware, ignorant; not knowing how, unable |
| 7 | Latin | nesciō | to not know, to be ignorant, to not understand |
| 8 | Latin | sciō | to be able to, to know, understand, to have practical knowledge |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |