Where does “mustakaulakobra” come from?
mustakaulakobra (Finnish) comes from Finnish kobra, from Portuguese cobra, from Old Portuguese coobra, from Vulgar Latin colobra, from Latin colubra, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
mustakaulakobra (Finnish): black-necked spitting cobra, Naja nigricollis
Definitions
- black-necked spitting cobra, Naja nigricollis
Ancestry of “mustakaulakobra”, step by step
mustakaulakobra traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kobra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kobra | cobra |
| 2 | Portuguese | cobra | snake |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | coobra | snake |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | colobra | — |
| 5 | Latin | colubra | a female snake, serpent; snake, serpent |
| 6 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |