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Where does “pikkuflamingo” come from?

pikkuflamingo (Finnish) comes from Finnish flamingo, from English flamingo, from Portuguese flamingo, from Spanish flamenco, from Old Occitan flamenc, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō — to smell.

pikkuflamingo (Finnish): lesser flamingo, Phoenicopterus minor

Definitions

  1. lesser flamingo, Phoenicopterus minor

Ancestry of “pikkuflamingo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishflamingoflamingo
2EnglishflamingoA wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae; A...
3Portugueseflamingoflamingo
4SpanishflamencoFlemish; flamenco; insolent, cheeky
5Old Occitanflamencflame colored
6Latinflammaflame, fire
7Latinflāgrāre—
8Latinfrāgrō—
9Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →