Where does “novascotiannoutaja” come from?
novascotiannoutaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish noutaja, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
novascotiannoutaja (Finnish): Nova Scotia duck-tolling retriever
Definitions
- Nova Scotia duck-tolling retriever
Ancestry of “novascotiannoutaja”, step by step
novascotiannoutaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish noutaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | noutaja | retriever; the Grim Reaper |
| 2 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
via Finnish Nova Scotia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Nova Scotia | — |
| 2 | English | Nova Scotia | Nova Scotia peninsula |
| 3 | Latin | Scotia | Scotland |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σκοτία | darkness, gloom; scotia, cavetto, so called from... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σκότος | darkness, gloom |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skh₃tos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃- | darkness, shadow |