Where does “niilinmedestäjä” come from?

niilinmedestäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish Niili, from Ancient Greek νεῖλος, from Arabic نِيل, from Persian نیل, from Arabic نيل, from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫, from Sanskrit नील, from Proto-Indo-European neyH- — to lead.

niilinmedestäjä (Finnish): Nile Valley sunbird, "Anthreptes metallicus" syn....

Definitions

  1. Nile Valley sunbird, "Anthreptes metallicus" syn....

Ancestry of “niilinmedestäjä”, step by step

niilinmedestäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Niili

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishNiiliNile
2Ancient Greekνεῖλοςriver valley
3Arabicنِيلindigo
4Persianنیلindigo
5Arabicنيلverbal noun of نَالَ; indigo; to colour indigo
6Middle Persian𐭭𐭩𐭫indigo
7Sanskritनीलof a dark color
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanneyH-to lead

via Finnish medestäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmedestäjäsunbird
2Finnishjäice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neyH- →Every word from Sanskrit नील →Every word from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 →