Where does “naamiosuula” come from?
naamiosuula (Finnish) comes from Finnish suula, from Swedish sula, from Old French sole, from Vulgar Latin sola, from Latin solea, from Latin sōlum, from Proto-Indo-European swol- — sole; sole of the foot.
naamiosuula (Finnish): masked booby, masked gannet, blue-faced booby, Sula dactylatra
Definitions
- masked booby, masked gannet, blue-faced booby, Sula dactylatra
Ancestry of “naamiosuula”, step by step
naamiosuula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish suula
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suula | northern gannet, Morus bassanus type species of the bird family |
| 2 | Swedish | sula | sole, the bottom of a shoe; a booby; a bird of... |
| 3 | Old French | sole | oblique/nominative feminine singular of sol |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | sola | nominative plural of solum; accusative plural of... |
| 5 | Latin | solea | sandal; sole of a shoe |
| 6 | Latin | sōlum | bottom, ground, base, foundation, bed |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swol- | sole; sole of the foot |