Where does “naarastiikeri” come from?
naarastiikeri (Finnish) comes from Finnish naaras, from Proto-Finnic naaras, from Proto-Uralic najera, from Proto-Uralic naje, from French nager, from Old French nagier, from Latin nāvigō, from Latin nāvis — out, outward.
naarastiikeri (Finnish): tigress
Definitions
- tigress
Ancestry of “naarastiikeri”, step by step
naarastiikeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish naaras
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | naaras | female |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | naaras | female (animal) |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | najera | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | naje | woman |
| 5 | French | nager | to swim |
| 6 | Old French | nagier | to sail; to cross water; to sail; to swim |
| 7 | Latin | nāvigō | to sail, navigate, seafare, embark |
| 8 | Latin | nāvis | ship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | naus | — |
| 10 | German | hinaus | out |
| 11 | German | aus | out; over; finished; done; up; off |
| 12 | Old High German | ūz | out |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |