Where does “pieniegyptingerbiili” come from?
pieniegyptingerbiili (Finnish) comes from Finnish gerbiili, from English gerbil, from French gerbille, from Latin gerbo, from Arabic جَرْبُوع.
Ancestry of “pieniegyptingerbiili”, step by step
pieniegyptingerbiili traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish gerbiili
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | gerbiili | gerbil rodent of the subfamily Gerbillinae |
| 2 | English | gerbil | One of several species of small, jumping, murine... |
| 3 | French | gerbille | gerbil |
| 4 | Latin | gerbo | — |
| 5 | Arabic | جَرْبُوع | — |
via Finnish pieni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pieni | little, small; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | peeni | little, small; fine |
via Finnish egyptin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | egyptin | Genitive singular form of egypti; of Egypt |