Where does “perhosuinti” come from?
perhosuinti (Finnish) comes from Finnish uinti, from Finnish uida, from Proto-Finnic uidak, from Proto-Uralic uje-, from Hungarian -sz, from Proto-Slavic sь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic śis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱís — resin, gum; to say, speak.
perhosuinti (Finnish): butterfly
Definitions
- butterfly
Ancestry of “perhosuinti”, step by step
perhosuinti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish uinti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uinti | swimming |
| 2 | Finnish | uida | to swim; to bathe |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | uidak | to swim |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | uje- | to swim |
| 5 | Hungarian | -sz | Used to form the second-person singular present... |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | sь | this |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | śis | this here |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱís | this |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via Finnish perhonen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | perhonen | insect of the order Lepidoptera; butterfly, moth... |
| 2 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |