Where does “papukaijamerkki” come from?
papukaijamerkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish papukaija, from Dutch papegaai, from Middle Dutch papegay, from Old French papegai, from Old Spanish papagayo, from Greek παπαγάλος, from Italian pappagallo, from Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς.
papukaijamerkki (Finnish): parrot badge
Definitions
- parrot badge
Ancestry of “papukaijamerkki”, step by step
papukaijamerkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish papukaija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | papukaija | parrot |
| 2 | Dutch | papegaai | parrot, member of the order Psittaciformes,... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | papegay | — |
| 4 | Old French | papegai | parrot |
| 5 | Old Spanish | papagayo | — |
| 6 | Greek | παπαγάλος | parrot; a person who repeats uncritically what... |
| 7 | Italian | pappagallo | parrot; wolf; a person repeating others' words... |
| 8 | Byzantine Greek | παπαγᾶς | — |
| 9 | Arabic | بَبَغَاء | — |