Where does “pohjoisafrikangerbiili” come from?
pohjoisafrikangerbiili (Finnish) comes from Finnish Pohjois-Afrikka, from Finnish Afrikka, from Russian А́фрика, from Latin Āfrica, from Latin āfricus, from Latin Āfri, from Albanian afër, from Proto-Albanian apsera — the god Apis.
pohjoisafrikangerbiili (Finnish): lesser Egyptian gerbil, Gerbillus gerbillus small North African gerbil sometimes kept as pet
Definitions
- lesser Egyptian gerbil, Gerbillus gerbillus small North African gerbil sometimes kept as pet
Ancestry of “pohjoisafrikangerbiili”, step by step
pohjoisafrikangerbiili traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Pohjois-Afrikka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Pohjois-Afrikka | — |
| 2 | Finnish | Afrikka | Africa |
| 3 | Russian | А́фрика | — |
| 4 | Latin | Āfrica | the territory of Carthage, the African coast west of Cyrenaica |
| 5 | Latin | āfricus | African |
| 6 | Latin | Āfri | — |
| 7 | Albanian | afër | at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to |
| 8 | Proto-Albanian | apsera | at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to |
| 9 | Proto-Albanian | aps | — |
| 10 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 12 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 13 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |