Where does “pitkäeväpallopää” come from?
pitkäeväpallopää (Finnish) comes from Finnish pitkä, from Proto-Finnic pitkä, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.
pitkäeväpallopää (Finnish): Globicephala melas
Definitions
- Globicephala melas
Ancestry of “pitkäeväpallopää”, step by step
pitkäeväpallopää traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pitkä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pitkä | long; tall; Short for pitkä kiekko |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pitkä | long; tall |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | pide | tall |
| 4 | Finnish | pitää | to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | pitädäk | to hold, to grasp; to keep |
| 6 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pitä- | — |
via Finnish pallopää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pallopää | short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus one of the two species of cetaceans in the genus |
| 2 | Finnish | pallo | ball; balloon; orb, sphere, globe |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | ballô | ball |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |