Where does “piikkipaatsama” come from?
piikkipaatsama (Finnish) comes from Finnish paatsama, from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.
piikkipaatsama (Finnish): American holly, Ilex opaca
Definitions
- American holly, Ilex opaca
Ancestry of “piikkipaatsama”, step by step
piikkipaatsama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish paatsama
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paatsama | buckthorn |
| 2 | Finnish | mä | I |
| 3 | Finnish | minä | I; ego; self |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | minä | I, me |
| 5 | Uralic | *minä | — |
via Finnish piikki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piikki | spike; Short for piikkikenkä; tine, prong |
| 2 | Swedish | spik | nail; spike-shaped metal fastener; an fail-safe... |
| 3 | Old Norse | spíkr | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | spīkaz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | spēy- | to stretch; thrive; succeed |