Where does “mustakulma-albatrossi” come from?
mustakulma-albatrossi (Finnish) comes from Finnish albatrossi, from English albatross, from Spanish alcatraz, from Arabic قرطاس, from Arabic قِرْطَاس, from Aramaic קַרְטֵיסָא, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
mustakulma-albatrossi (Finnish): black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophris
Definitions
- black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophris
Ancestry of “mustakulma-albatrossi”, step by step
mustakulma-albatrossi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish albatrossi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | albatrossi | albatross |
| 2 | English | albatross | Any of various large seabirds of the family... |
| 3 | Spanish | alcatraz | gannet; roll of paper, paper cone, cornet; arum |
| 4 | Arabic | قرطاس | paper, page; book, scroll, parchment; papyrus |
| 5 | Arabic | قِرْطَاس | paper, page |
| 6 | Aramaic | קַרְטֵיסָא | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Finnish musta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | musta | black; black horse; Elative singular form of... |
| 2 | Finnish | -ntää | Front vowel variant of -ntaa |
via Finnish kuľma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuľma | corner external point where two converging lines meet |